Re: Limited Users cannot run or install an application -

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox@mvps.org)
Date: 12/19/02 

From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:24:34 -0500

To adjust permissions in the Registry, locate the registry branch in question, or sub branch/specific key, and right click it. Select Permissions. 

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"Zak" <zak_goodman@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:01c401c2a69a$2f3fcd00$8ef82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA04...
> Thanks Doug.
> 
> I am using my W/S, not NTFS partition. The program is BDE 
> of Delphi and it is located in the common folder in 
> Program Files. The problem is that I don't know if the 
> user is saving to a .cfg file or the registry or why he 
> cannot save those info. 
> How can I adjust the permissions in the registry as well,. 
> as you said??
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Typically, a user or an application running under the 
> user's credentials can write to the HKCU portion of the 
> Registry.  If you're running NTFS, you may need to give 
> the Users group write/modify permissions for the 
> application folder in question.   If you find that a 
> program is trying to write to the Registry, and can't, 
> because of the user's account status, you can adjust the 
> permissions in the registry as well.
> >
> >-- 
> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/9x
> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> >http://www.dougknox.com
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> >ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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> >Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
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> >"Zak" <zak_goodman@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:071201c2a59c$eef637f0$d2f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA09...
> >> Hello Friend,
> >> 
> >> I am was testing the restriction of restricted users or 
> >> users groups privileges. I have an Delphi application 
> >> that writes save its configuration to a .cfg file in 
> the 
> >> same folder of the apps. Login on with restricted user 
> >> cannot allow me to save onto this file. 
> >> Moreover, another similar application needs to save 
> some 
> >> Keys and values in the Hkey-Current-User. I don't know 
> if 
> >> it is saving them or not but the application refuses to 
> >> start. 
> >> Please help on that....
> >.
> >

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