Hi Thomas,
I'm thinking that this would be the same for any and all games that write to a
file such as a save game file, a log file, a records file or whatever right?
As far as I know just about every single game does this. So I am thinking that
this is not a problem with my games, but a problem that Vista creates and thus
the Vista user is going to have to learn to deal with it not only for my games
but for all games. And truthfully you are the first to mention this and I know
many people that are playing my games in Vista. Plus you didn't even have this
problem before in Vista with my games.
BTW Thank you very much for the offer, but never mind the winkit.exe file. I'm
good to go already Dude. Have been for years. Very much hope that you have
not already put too much work into it.
BFN
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Hi Jim and all,
I'm writing to let you know I discovered an issue with all of your games
under Vista you might want to be advised of. It is a rather nasty bug,
but there are solutions to the problem. Though, unless you plan to make
changes in your applications to fix it the bug will remain a pain for
Vista users.
As you might be aware Vista's user account control manages what programs
a user can start, where he or she can save files, who can do installs,
etc... It is a huge pain in the neck for those who got use to the way XP
did things, and what XP allowed you to get away with Bottom line, I've
been researching the issue and apparently under Vista each user is
suppose to save settings locally to his or her applications data folder,
documents folder, etc rather than globally saving to a place such as
c:\Program Files\Kitchensinc
Which is a big no under Vista. Apparently, XP was the same, but it
wasn't as pushy about it. The days of globally saving to the
applications root directory are over.
Anyway, according to Microsoft's security knowledge base every Vista
system should have at least one "administrator account" and one
"standard user account" for maximum security. Like Linux under Vista the
administrator account is responsible for software installs, system wide
configurations, and other system management tasks where high user rights
is required. The standard account is for playing games, reading and
writing email, browsing the web, and any other day to day tasks.
However, do to security restrictions on the standard account your games
aren't really playable as a standard user. When I try to save the voice
settings, or save a game, I get the error that I can not write to the
c:\Program Files\Kitchensinc
folder because it is restricted.
There are some solutions to the problem you can address other than
rewriting your programs to operate correctly in Vista's multiuser
environment.
1. Have the end user install the kitchensinc folder locally to his or her
c:\Users\User Name
directory. Where "User Name" is his or her user name he/she logs into
Vista with, and create a custom icon pointing to winkit.exe.
2. The user can elect to log into Vista with the administrator account
and play games as administrator. That will work, but is less secure.
3. Under the kitchensinc directory the end user can arrow to each of the
*.exe files, press alt+enter to enter the properties, control+tab, and
set the *.exe files to elevate automatically to administrator. What will
happen every standard user will be prompted to enter the administrator
password before launching the games. A bit of a pain, but will work as a
work around.
Hth.
Jim
Is it just me or does it sound like you are trying to defame my game?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.kitchensinc.net
(440) 286-6920
Chardon Ohio USA
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