At 07:02 PM 2/2/2007, David W. Fenton wrote:
>> 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.
But, Microsoft has not allowed for people who do not "install" programs,
but copy everything into the correct folders.
You may say, why would anyone do this?
I know hundreds of software developers who do this every day.
They have no "installer". After writing program code, you compile and link
it into program modules.
Then you copy those modules into Program Files and run the program.
You have to register all of the files (more than 50 in my case) in the
Local Machine registry section.
We have a .bat file that does this. I have not done this in Vista, but I
expect it won't work. I believe Local Machine registry is now protected.
And, before that will work, you have to copy all of the user files into
Documents and Settings, like icons, menu files, modifiable files, etc.
But, there is no way (outside of Eric's suggestion to log in as
administrator and change the security settings) to copy files into
Documents and Settings.
I can do this on a test machine that I install Vista on, because I know the
administrator password.
Once the company starts installing Vista on users' machines, this will not
work. Only IT has the administrator password.
I can't imagine how PO'ed the IT people will be to have to modify a
thousand machines to allow write access to Documents and Settings.
Also, since we put user modifiable files there, many users just use our
program to modify them.
Advanced users normally make modifications with a text editor (they are
just ANSI text files).
That is no longer allowed.
I have already filed one bug against Vista (DLLs not named ".DLL" do not
show version information). I believe I now have a second.
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