Have a look at adding to the manifest of the exe to have the OS believe the exe is Windows 7 aware which will result in the pesky virtualisation being turned off for that exe. I believe that will solve the issues of writing to the "c:\programs files\" folder.
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Tuesday, 4 March 2014 8:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: manage environments On Tue, Mar 4, 2014, at 09:29 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > Interesting. I am currently running on XP SP3 but will have to move to > W7 or greater soon. > > My current apps are structured like this: > > All source and executables are in subfolders of c:\program files\. > All databases, tables and reports are in subfolders of c:\ (the root). > > Does this mean I won't be able to put the source etc into c:\program > files\*? > Will I be able to keep the data and reports in folders of the root? > No you can still do that although you might find it more challenging with permissions as 7 and 8 are more particular about not cluttering up the root of the filesystem. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
