At 04:50 PM 18/07/07, Cosmin Prund wrote:
Program Files folder UNLESS it prompts an UAC pop-up. Only Vista-aware applications can prompt that pop-up, other applications would just use Virtualization. So the virus or malware would simply modify an exe in a virtualized Program Files folder in a sub-folder based on the name of the virus. No harm done to the computer, since the virus would be the only one that would access that virtualized folder - for everything else running on the computer, the newly affected exe would be seen in its original (unchanged) form.
Bing! Now I know why I was having the problems I was having recently with one user trying to upgrade one of my programs. Seemed that even though the installer ran and appeared to install the update (even ran the updated exe at the end of the install), every time he subsequently ran the program it ran the old version.
So, the question for me is this? Where do I put my programs if I'm not developing on and for Vista? I guess the first thing I need is a vista-aware installer. I currently use Inno installer, and I suppose I'd better check if this has been updated to Vista (anyone know offhand?).
The next thing is that did I also read that nothing can write to the DRIVE that has windows installed on it either without special permissions? So how do I install and maintain my Vista stuff without having Vista?
Is there a location that I can count on being there where I can install files and write temporary data etc?
Cheers, Chris.
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