Re: Access right for User Application

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe@mvps.org)
Date: 09/05/02 

From: "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:57:08 -0700

If your game or application falls into the category where it works with
admin accounts, but not with limited accounts, you can fix it to allow
limited users to access the program files folder with "change"
capability rather than "read" which is the default.

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c

where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.

If you wish to undo these changes, then run

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r

If you still have a problem with running the program or saving settings
on limited accounts, you may need to change permissions on the registry
keys. Run regedit.exe and go to HKLM\Software\vendor\app, where
"vendor\app" is the key that the software vendor used for your specific
program. Change the permissions on this key to allow Users full control. 

--
Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
(Please respond only in the newsgroup)
Tin <th_saing@rclgroup.com> wrote:
> I have installed an inhouse client/server application
> (developed in VB5) in XP Pro using one user of local
> Administrator Group.
>
> All admin group member can run the application well but
> not for normal users from Users Group. After I included
> normal user into Admin Group, it's ok.
>
> But I don't want normal user getting Admin right.
>
> Without setting to Admin Group, is it possible to grant
> normal user to access the application?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Tin

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