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Directories and folders
Main installation folder
All Connect applications are installed under an arbitrarily selectable main folder. We will refer
to it as the "Installation Target" hereafter. The installation target will hold the executables and
files and sub-folders required for the operation of the whole product suite. All these files and
folders are static after installation.
It depends upon the company virus protection strategy, if such files and folders are to be
monitored or not. Running virus protection on these files and folders should not have a big - if
even any - impact on the performance of the Connect suite.
With some exceptions, which are listed below.
Working folders
Working folders for Connect are created and used on a per-user-basis under the respective
user's profile folder, accessible on Windows with the standardized system variable
%USERPROFILE% in the sub-folder "Connect".
Applying virus protection to these working folders will have differing levels of impact. These
impacts are as follows:
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%USERPROFILE%\Connect\filestore: This folder will hold non-intermediate files for the
operation of Connect. Files in this folder will be used frequently, but not with a high
frequency.
Virus protection on this folder and contents should not have too much of an impact on the
speed of the whole Connect suite.
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%USERPROFILE%\Connect\logs: As the name implies, log files are created and
updated here. These log files are plain text files.
Virus protection on this folder and contents may have an impact on the speed of the
whole Connect suite.
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%USERPROFILE%\Connect\temp: Storage folder for temporary data, usually
intermittent files in multiple folders.
Virus protection on this folder and contents might have a serious impact on the
performance of Connect.
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%USERPROFILE%\Connect\workspace: Usually containing settings and helper files
and folders.
Virus protection on this folder and contents should not have too much of an impact on the
speed of the whole Connect suite.
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