# Servoy installer - place to install files

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-installer-place-to-install-files/13001>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [October 8, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-installer-place-to-install-files/13001 "2010-10-08T06:40:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robert\_Huber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Robert\_Huber](https://forum.servoy.com/u/Robert_Huber)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-installer-place-to-install-files/13001/1 "2010-10-08T06:40:30Z")

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Hi

As I read this morning a thread in the WebObjects list, I take a comment there to bring up a long time issue with Servoy which annoys me whenever I fall over it (which happily happens only from time to time) - meant as an idea for Servoy to think about.

The installation place of Servoy and the database coming with it. I am speaking about OS X, don’t know for the other operating systems. As an exception to a “normal” install, Servoy puts erverything into the Servoy folder, including the database files, not exactly the standard place for such files.

I use the words from one of the WO developers on a thread concerning the installation place of Eclipse for WebObjects (project WOLips).

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... An application that writes into its own application folder is fundamentally flawed. Eclipse SHOULD have a base install that is read-only and then write any custom things into ~/Library/Application Support/Eclipse. ...

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Best regards, Robert