Re: Permissions issue

I figured that this was the problem -- and thanks -- but it isn't practical
at this time. While the program is a beta test, it has been distributed to
over 100 users and cannot be changed.

How can I provide access to this program to administrator users, without
having to "run as administrator?

"Malke" wrote:

abinkow wrote:

I have a program that installs as a subfolder of the Program Files (x86)
folder. Inside the main folder of the application is a file, SpecDat.xxx.
The application, when run, needs to change this file.

If I run this application from an administrator account, it comes back
with
a Error '53': File Not Found error. After some extended debugging by both
me
and the author, we discovered it wasn't updating this file. When I tried
to update this file manually using Notepad, Notepad wouldn't save it
either.

After more research, I ran the application by right-clicking and selecting
"run as an administrator". Now it works, even though I'm always running
it from an administrator account.

What's wrong? And what can I do to fix it?

The file is in a protected area of the operating system. The author of the
software needs to learn to write for Vista. He should put the file that
needs to be updated in a different place such as in a folder in the
individual user account.

Malke
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