Re: AUTORUN games in limited accounts

From: Chris H. (winxpnews@hotmail.com)
Date: 07/12/02 

From: "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 22:45:11 -0700

The game itself is designed for Windows 95/98, which means it isn't current.
I suggest you try uninstalling what you have now and reboot. Then put the
CD in the drive, go to Start/Run/Browse and go to the root of the CD to find
either setup.exe or install.exe. Once found, right-click the file, select
Run As... and then install in compatibility mode for Win95/98. Apparently
this is a two-CD set, but just setting up the install on CD1 should take
care of the entire install. Once installed, go to the link which will
launch the game, right-click and select Properties/Compatibility tab and
again select to run it in Win95/98 mode. If you're running Windows XP Home,
you will need to let your daughter be part of the Administrative group. If
you are running Pro, go into Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab. Down at
the bottom is "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)." Remove the check
mark. Then go into Windows Explorer, find the folder in which the game was
installed, right-click on it and select Sharing and Security, then the
Security tab. Click on the Limited account your daughter is using and give
her the appropriate rights to make the game function in the second pane. 

--
Chris H.
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Mike_in_Phx" <wiersmam@agcs.com> wrote in message
news:177b501c22938$14e00bd0$9ae62ecf@tkmsftngxa02...
> The offending game -
>
> Humongous Entertainment - Blues Clues Treasure Hunt
>
> This game does not leave a .exe file on the disk after
> installation.  I cannot use the "Run as Other User" option
> on a shortcut to allow my four year old to run this game
> in her limited account.  In fact, I haven't found a way to
> run it in a limited account at all!
>
> The installation has placed the files into the shared
> folder (because I told it to) but when I try to run the
> game in the limited account it tells me that it cannot
> update the file "hegames.ini"  This file is located in the
> c:\winnt directory - so I can't open the permissions to
> the directory.  I've tried setting cacls to the file
> itself using the command
>
> >cacls "c:\winnt\hegamse.ini" /t /p users:c
>
> from a command prompt.  (I've never done this before BTW.)
> I also changed the permissions in the registry per
> instructions from another thread.  (Haven't done this
> before either!)  None of this worked.  (I did restart my
> system after I made these changes.)
>
> I really don't want my four year old logged on as an
> administrator.
>
> Thanks
>