Where can I store driver files so that Windows sees them when it 'searches automatically' for them?

Question

I'm using P4V. I work in a subdirectory (eg code/jorge) and other people work in another subdirectory (eg art/) that I never deal with. Additionally I have a stream where I do my personal work. Every so often I need to merge changes from the main line to my stream, and copy them back up. However, the files in art/ are large binaries and Perforce spends a long time thinking about them even though I've not touched them. Is there any way to have perforce merge/copy my directory (code/jorge) without it spending time trying to merge art/? Can I tell P4V to merge/copy only the code directory?

Related but not identical question: Perforce streams, exclude files from merge/copy

Solution

Windows XP tends to dump things in C:\Windows\System32\drivers, i've certainly copied drivers there in the past to automate detection (usually with USB devices). Unsure about your other points with x86 and x64 though, although certainly windows will detect and install what's needed - not what you put in its system folders :)

Windows 7 has the same drivers folder... But i've not tried/needed to copy files there (yet)...

Comments

[Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007]

See: What is sysprep? How is it useful?

[m0skit0]

That's not automatically at all...

[PsychoData]

@techie007 what does sysprep have to do with pulling in drivers?

[HaydnWVN]

Thanks! Tried and tested in Windows 7? :)

[Jorge Rodriguez]

Actual config I ended up using: share ... exclude art/