Re: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-02 Thread Scott Morrow
Hello Lars, Nothing new here, just another way of phrasing it. The previous posts have pointed out the importance of putting your writable files outside of the Programs folder and into a folder that the user has permission to write to. Under XP many (though not all) users and applications

AW: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-02 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
: Montag, 2. November 2009 09:59 An: How to use Revolution Betreff: Re: Difference between XP and Vista/7? Hello Lars, Nothing new here, just another way of phrasing it. The previous posts have pointed out the importance of putting your writable files outside of the Programs folder

AW: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-02 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-revolution-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Tiemo Hollmann TB Gesendet: Montag, 2. November 2009 11:33 An: 'How to use Revolution' Betreff: AW: Difference between XP and Vista/7? Hi Lars

Re: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-02 Thread David Glasgow
On 2 Nov 2009, at 1:24 pm, Lars Brehmer wrote: In newer versions does in mention in the sandalone settings that just adding stacks in Vista / 7 will not allow changes to those stacks? As far as I can tell about what you are reporting, this is a Vista Thing, not Rev Thing. In the old

RE: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-02 Thread JACK RARICK
@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Difference between XP and Vista/7? On 2 Nov 2009, at 1:24 pm, Lars Brehmer wrote: In newer versions does in mention in the sandalone settings that just adding stacks in Vista / 7 will not allow changes to those stacks? As far as I can tell about what you are reporting

Re: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-02 Thread Shao Sean
Jack, you should be fine if the application is not in the Program Files directory (or Applications directory on Mac OS X).. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
This article from the newsletter may help: Revolution and Vista: File and Registry Virtualization by Marcus van Houdt and Ken Ray http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/march/issue21/newsletter3.php -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine

Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-01 Thread Lars Brehmer
I have a standalone that is thoroughly tested in XP and I am now trying in Vista and Windows 7. I never bothered with Vista before, but Windows 7 will surely be adopted in far greater numbers than Vista was, so they are obviously extremely important now. This is a standalone that is a

Re: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-01 Thread Shao Sean
In all operating systems you are not supposed to modify content in the application (program files) folders.. While most systems are pretty relaxed about it, if the user trying to use your software does not have privileges to modify the content of the directory your scheme stops working..

AW: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-01 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution- boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Lars Brehmer Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. November 2009 16:31 An: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Betreff: Difference between XP and Vista/7? I have a standalone that is thoroughly tested in XP and I am now trying in Vista

Re: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-01 Thread Lars Brehmer
Thanks Shao Tiemo for the replies! I guess I didn't make myself very clear, or I don't completely understand your suggestions, which is of course very likely, as I am one of those weird Mac-based Rev users who only understand Macs and Rev and not much else, and certainly nothing about

Re: Difference between XP and Vista/7?

2009-11-01 Thread Shao Sean
Basically you cannot modify anything in the Program Files directory (or any sub-directories).. Vista does something called virtualization where it makes a fake copy of the Program Files for the use of your application when it is run.. It does this to trick your program into thinking it can