It could be doing anything. Switches are hard coded in the application. The developers can create any switches they want, to do anything, and call them whatever they please. You should really ask the application vendor what the switches do.
What is the application? Maybe someone on the list is familiar with it, and can give some advice. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Help with /regserver Hi guys / gals I have a (POS) application that, unsurprisingly, is vital to our business. The company that manufacture said app have decided that they need to use a special executable to run it, which keeps the version updated. It's a FoxPro app (blech) and for some reason, when they run it, the first thing it does is call the main executable with the /regserver switch. I'm not sure what this does, and would appreciate it if someone could educate me, because unless you run it with admin rights (which ain't happening on my watch), the thing fails with the error "Visual FoxPro could not start. Could not load resources". Running with admin rights - all OK. I've been looking at process monitor output all afternoon and can't work out what it's doing, I've been messing about with registry permissions and file permissions for what seems like an eternity. The great Google-God appears short on inspiration (for me, anyway). Can anyone tell me what this mysterious /regserver switch does, as I am sure something in our mandatory profile is preventing it from executing? As always, thanks gratefully provided in advance. JRR -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
