Slightly OT: Windows Vista does not allow me to change any (ini)files in Program Files folders

[Syed.Hosain at aeris.net]

If you search at the Microsoft web site on the topic "User Access
Control", you can find all the mechanisms for turning this off (if you
think you want it off!)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Yves Barbion
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:50 AM
> To: Framers
> Subject: Slightly OT: Windows Vista does not allow me to change any
(ini)files in Program Files
> folders
> 
> Hi Framers,
> 
> this is slightly OT, but I think relevant for all Windows Vista users.
> 
> Sometimes, we change an ini file in the FrameMaker installation
folder, for
> example:
> 
> C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker7.2\maker.ini
> 
> No problem in Windows XP, but, in Windows Vista, we get error messages
> saying that only the Administrator can do this. However, we only have
one
> user account in Vista and this user does have admin rights!
> 
> I have already checked the Microsoft support site, but the
"workarounds"
> suggested by the Microsoft MVP don't make any sense (see below):
saving the
> (ini) file elsewhere and then copying it back to the Program Files
folder is
> a definite no-no.
> 
> Any suggestions for a better workaround/hack? And if anyone knows how
we can
> get rid of all those other annoying Vista confirmation messages ("Are
you
> sure you want to...?"), please share it with the community.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> --
> Yves Barbion
> 
> 
> 
> _________________________
> 
> Answer from Microsoft MVP:
> 
> "Hello,
> 
> In Windows Vista, even though you are an administrator, the programs
that
> run on your computer are not allowed to use your administrator power
unless:
> 
> 
> 1- They prompt you for permission
> 2- You explicitly give them permission (right-click, run as
administrator)
> 
> The files in Program Files and your root C drive are not writiable by
> non-administrative programs because the files in these areas affect
every
> user and the entire system.
> 
> Allowing unpriviliged programs write access to these areas would allow
them
> to overwrite/replace well-known programs or system-wide configuration
data
> used by windows or well-known programs, which is unacceptable for a
program
> that does not prompt.
> 
> The easiest way to accomplish what you are doing is to save the file
to some
> 
> place in your user profile (such as documents), and then using windows
> explorer, move that file to program files. This will end up prompting
you
> for permission and then allowing things to work.
> 
> Alternatively, you can run the program that is doing the downloading
"as
> administrator" by right-clicking it and clicking Run As Administrator,
and
> this will allow it to save to this area, but the solution above is
better.
> 
> --
> 
> Microsoft MVP "
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