one would expect to only need RO access?
because that is not so :-)
R/O files are files in
Program Files (or
/usr/bin,
/usr/share) - the files that constitute immutable "product distribution"
%AppData%\* is the home dir,
~/.* - hence the place is supposed to contain mutable temporary files and configs
On my box this file consists of
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CONFIG>
<TChmContentProvider>
<TabControlWidth Value="227"/>
</TChmContentProvider>
<Position Maximized="False">
<Left Value="2307"/>
<Top Value="293"/>
<Width Value="1145"/>
<Height Value="755"/>
</Position>
<LastFileOpen Value="D:\Books\%%thormotors\APT Server.chm"/>
<Recent>
<ItemCount Value="10"/>
<Item0 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus\docs\chm\ref.chm"/>
<Item1 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus\docs\chm\user.chm"/>
<Item2 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus\docs\chm\toc.chm"/>
<Item3 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus\docs\chm\rtl.chm"/>
<Item4 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus\docs\chm\prog.chm"/>
<Item5 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus\docs\chm\lcl.chm"/>
<Item6 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus\docs\chm\lazutils.chm"/>
<Item7 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus\docs\chm\fpdoc.chm"/>
<Item8 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus\docs\chm\fclres.chm"/>
<Item9 Value="file://D:\fpcupdeluxe\lazarus_deb\docs\chm\lazutils.chm"/>
</Recent>
<OpenSepTabs Value="True"/>
<OpenWithStatus Value="True"/>
</CONFIG>