hey! my sample won’t build in Program Files on Vista

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Windows SDK samples are installed by default (you can change this during setup) under the current user’s Program Files folder in the following path:

\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\samples

On Vista, samples that install to \Program Files are read only, ensuring that samples are preserved in a pristine state. In order to write to a sample, you’ll need to copy that sample to another location.

We made this decision after polling users and MVPs. What’s your opinion? Should samples install to a writeable location in future SDK releases?