On 12/09/2013 11:52 AM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
Ryan Johnson sent the following at Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:31 AM
Try *copying* setup64.exe to foo.exe. Or download it again but save it
with the name foo.exe.
Windows may be remembering that the file used to be called setup*.exe.
That memory might not get copied.
Doesn't work: "the requested operation requires elevation".
On 12/09/2013 11:26 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote: I have vague memories that
someone (Corinna?) suggested copying the file to a USB key and back: the
FAT filesystem can't track the permissions that cause this behavior.
Never tested it myself, though (maybe I should, it would be nice to lose
the UAC prompt).
Try this.
In a cmd.exe shell:
type setup64.exe > foo.exe
I did a cmp and the two files were identical (using 32 bit setup.exe).
I also tried in bash:
$ cat setup.exe > foo2.exe
Again the files were identical. However, ls showed permission for foo.exe
(made under cmd) as rwx while foo2.exe made under bash was rw-. Both open
fine from Windows Explorer.
The problem isn't rw-, it's Windows insisting that the executable run
with admin rights even though it doesn't actually need them.
Ryan
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