On 2 Feb 2007 at 12:41, Phil Daley wrote: > At 2/2/2007 10:56 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: > > >At 08:59 AM 2/2/2007, Phil Daley wrote: > > >In Vista, you are not allowed access to files in some directories. > You > >cannot even see them in explorer. And it has nothing to do > with them being > >hidden, it has to do with them being system. > > >Just curious, can you give an example? Have you tried enabling 'Show > >hidden files and folders' and disabling 'Hide protected operating > >system files' through Explorer? > > Right, but no one is allowed access to Documents and Settings/ some of > the sub directories there.
*Someone* has to be allowed access. The OS cannot simply prevent viewing of files in certain folders to *all* users. The administrative users *must* have access (though UAC may prompt them for a password to get in). Are you sure you're looking in the profile of the username you've logged on with? You usually can't view other user profiles unless you're logged on as an admin with universal rights to view/edit everything on the machine. > >In any event, I would agree with David. If an application has > decided >to store its settings file in a way that makes Vista think > it should >be hidden, that's the fault of the application, not the > OS. > > But, since this was not a problem in XP, whose fault is it??? It's the fault of the software maker for not updating the application to work in Vista. Or, your fault, if you've chosen to install on Vista an app that hasn't been upgraded for Vista-compatibility. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
