Desktop application distribution on windows

Hi everybody.
My app configuration files are formed by:
- all-users configuration xml files (modifiable by admin)
- user specific configuration (modifiable by each user)
If I should install it on windows, is there some automated software/script to save different config files in right places?
Thanks in advance
Agostino
Edited by: agostino75 on Sep 2, 2010 5:18 AM

No, you can't do that because Java is platform independent.
If you want to interact with your OS, you must create your own native interface (JNI).
Denis

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