"Bob Valentine" <rkvjr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Group:
>
> I am having trouble with the 2007 Packaging Wizard when I install my
> application on a computer running Vista. When my application is
installed
> in the Program Files Folder my application is Read Only. I can't have my
> program run in Read Only mode. Is there a way to have the Packaging
Wizard
> install the front-end database in the Program Files folder on a Vista
> computer and not restrict it to running in Read Only mode?
This is not a restriction of the package wizard, but a general restrciton
of
Vista. Even worse, to get aroudn the locked up program files, Vista will
in
fact Virtualize the program files directory. What this means is that for
compatibility purposes, and for security reasons, even if your programs do
in fact start writing to the program files directory, vista actually makes
a
virtualized copy and dir attached to the "user" to preserve and
protect the actual the original files installed. What this really means is
then if you actually were to physically copy another access database file
to
the directory, you would actually not be able to update the file, but only
be updating a ***copy*** of it. You are for the most part NOT allowed to
make changes to the program dir.
To make a really long complex story short, if you need a writable file,
you
cannot install it reliably in the program directory. Simply put, being
able
to write into the program directory is what virus heaven is all about.
Allowing user code to update and write data to the program files directory
is a complete thing of the past.
I should point out that several years ago some of my clients had already
locked down the program directory files even in Windows XP, and I found my
access applications failing quite rapidly (in fact, they stopped install
altogether).
In other words, it's not a new thing that some companies and
organizations have 100% locked down any updates to the program directory
area, even with windows xp. The program dir file is considerd fresh meat
for virus stuff, and thus it simply not alloed anymore.
Thus, you have two choices:
Use the application data dir
C:\Do***ents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
So, you wind up with a path like:
C:\Do***ents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Custmailing\CustomersMailingList.mde
>
> The 2007 Packaging Wizard will allow me to install my front-end in the
> root director of the local drive and it is not restricted to run in Read
> Only mode, but why does it restrict my application to run in Read Only
> mode when it is installed in the Program Files folder? This doesn't make
> sense to me.
>
It is not a package wizard issue, it is a issue of security. If you don't
like the application data dir, then your idea to use a c:\directory is
quite
a good idea.
--
Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
pleaseNOOSpamKallal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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