Checking if file exists in a Windows system directory

2012-09-24 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Are there permission limitations to see if a file exists within a Windows system directory (c:\windows\system32\myfile.dll)? For some reason I am not getting results returned and my code is being ignored. Thanks! ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Checking if file exists in a Windows system directory

2012-09-24 Thread Bob Sneidar
There can be. First, if the enclosing folder does not have at least read permission, you will see nothing in the folder. Also, even under XP, certain folders contents were hidden, even to an administrator, until you told Windows you did in fact want to see the files in that folder. (Silly I