On September 22, 2014 1:09:54 PM EDT, Ken Dibble <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Folks, > >I'm trying to address the Windows requirement that software not attempt >to >write to certain locations. > >Now I know the easiest solution to this is to install programs to the >root >and then, assuming I grant appropriate permissions to the user, the >software can write to that location. > >But I'm trying to be "good". :) > >My problem is that I want the error log file to be accessible to me >across >the LAN. Right now, I just share out the program location to me as >domain >administrator and then I can pick up the error log file from there. > >I need to have that location shared to me in any case, because that's >how I >do software updates; I just go through all the machines visible on the >network and drop copies into those locations. > >But if my software is installed in C:\Program Files\My Program and the >log >files will be written to C:\Users\[some user]\AppData\[some folder]\, >how >can I get to that location without having to share the user's AppData >folder? > >I know that I can put a shortcut on the desktop to that folder and it >will >work even though AppData is normally hidden. So presumeably I could put >a >shortcut in the program installation location that points to where the >log >files will go... except that I can't create that shortcut in a generic >way. > >I keep trying various permutations on >\\%COMPUTERNAME%\%USERNAME%\somewhere\, but that always resolves to the > >local versions of those values on the machine I'm trying to access the >share from. > >How can I get the shortcut to actually open the location on the OTHER >machine, and not mine? > >Thanks for any suggestions. > >Ken Dibble >www.stic-cil.org > >
Ken, As the domain administrator you should have full access to the C drive via \\computer\c$ Tracy -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ 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.
