Re: Limited Users cannot run or install an application -

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox@mvps.org)
Date: 12/23/02 

From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:12:28 -0500

You're welcome, hope everything works out for you. 

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"zak" <zak_goodman@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:043101c2aa0e$eada14e0$d3f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA10...
> Sorry didn't focus well. It worked and I will try it.
> Will update you. Thanks 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >To adjust permissions in the Registry, locate the 
> registry branch in question, or sub branch/specific key, 
> and right click it. Select Permissions.
> >-- 
> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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> > 
> >"Zak" <zak_goodman@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:01c401c2a69a$2f3fcd00$8ef82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA04...
> >> Thanks Doug.
> >> 
> >> I am using my W/S, not NTFS partition. The program is 
> BDE 
> >> of Delphi and it is located in the common folder in 
> >> Program Files. The problem is that I don't know if the 
> >> user is saving to a .cfg file or the registry or why 
> he 
> >> cannot save those info. 
> >> How can I adjust the permissions in the registry as 
> well,. 
> >> as you said??
> >> 
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Typically, a user or an application running under the 
> >> user's credentials can write to the HKCU portion of 
> the 
> >> Registry.  If you're running NTFS, you may need to 
> give 
> >> the Users group write/modify permissions for the 
> >> application folder in question.   If you find that a 
> >> program is trying to write to the Registry, and can't, 
> >> because of the user's account status, you can adjust 
> the 
> >> permissions in the registry as well.
> >> >
> >> >-- 
> >> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/9x
> >> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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> >> >"Zak" <zak_goodman@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> >> news:071201c2a59c$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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