[UK-AL]

Except for the vast majority of people are not IT experts. The store model is probably vastly safer for the average user.

[garganzol]

An average user is a myth. Every kind of average user has its own traits and they differ widely.

That's why there is such thing as system settings.

And yes, most desktop users are conscious when they work with files. Windows by default suggests "My Documents" folder as a target destination which is a pretty sane safe choice for all traits of average Joes.

[UK-AL]

That not the issue though. Programs that plaster your registry full of crap or replace or change os files etc

[flukus]

That can be solved by not requiring admin privileges to install software and getting rid of the registry, which was an awful idea to begin with.

[swiley]

Don't run stuff as root then.

[swiley]

Honestly I think not having a global filesystem makes things harder for the "average user." Most college students aren't going to only keep their word documents in word for example, they need to email them and upload them to tools like blackboard.

[kodfodrasz]

this is why shared storages are also needed, where apps can have a common view of some set of data.

[benaadams]

You go via the Save/Load dialogs which give access to a file; apps just aren't given non-permission/user-interaction file enumeration by default except for certain directories https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/uwp/files/file-acce...

[flukus]

Sounds like it's not possible to create a custom file manager, or space visualizer or anything like that?

[benaadams]

"System Level Access to All User Data" permission?

Though you can't submit to store with request for that permission: https://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/packaging/app-capabil...

[flukus]

All user data != All file system.

[flukus]

But then all the data people care about will go there. How is that different from /home/user/ ?

[swiley]

In other words: a global filesystem.