Files directory for a Labview executable in Windows 7

I'd like to hear some opinions on this and ask what other people do. Most of my programs save data files that need to be accessible to the user, and some of them read text files that have been created by the user, e.g. a file containing a sequence of moves for a robot.
Where's a good place to put those files? In XP you could just stick them in a sub-directory in the application's directory in Program Files. Deprecated I'm sure, but simple. I think Windows 7 gets stroppy if you try to access files in an application's directory, and Windows 8, who knows? I'm pleased to say I've managed to avoid it so far.
Is there a "proper" place to put files that should be accessible to both the application and users? It must be accessible to all users, not just the one who's logged on. I've searched online and found remarkably little information about this.
For the sake of simplicity I'm tempted to just create a directory on the C: drive like C:\My Company\Program Name\. is there anything wrong with that?

Yeah it is a bit more complicated now, but Microsoft tells us it is for the best.
It is pretty common to have a Application.INI in the same directory as your Application.EXE and in the past I'd use that file to hold basic config for my application. You can still do this with LabVIEW but you need to add an extra step in the installer creation which tells Windows that the INI file should be able to be read and written by all users. Just check the Unblock for that file when making an installer.
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361K-01/lvdialog/file_set_install_page/
It's non-standard technically, but it is handy to copy the EXE and config together and move them around and have everything still work, instead of now needing to copy config files to various user app data folders.
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> I have a customer requirement for two LabVIEW executables. Based on
> their current setup, they need to run executable "A" or "B", both of
> which are under independent revision control. I have created a third
> "selection" executable that allows the operator to choose between one
> of the two, but I am receiving errors when I attempt to call a LabVIEW
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