Hello Allie, Sunday, February 9, 2003, 1:18:16 PM, you wrote:
AM> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- AM> Hash: SHA1 AM> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, AM> Mike Phillipson [MP] wrote:' MP>> I recently upgraded to Windows XP from 98. MP>> Its all gone horribly wrong. I chose a fresh install MP>> rather than an upgrade which means I have to reinstall MP>> The Bat!. When I try I can get TB working in one user MP>> account OK but when I try to run it in any other XP MP>> account I get --- MP>> The Bat! MP>> Cannot access directory C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\user MP>> name\"!C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DESKTOP\MAIL" AM> I think this is Windows XP's security that is causing this. It seems AM> that the user you're trying to run TB! has doesn't have the AM> permissions to access those directories. AM> You didn't give much detail, but I assume that you installed TB! in AM> an admin account and are then trying to run it from a restricted AM> user account? AM> Try right clicking the TB! shortcut and selecting 'Run As..'. AM> Select 'The following user' and type in the username and password AM> for the admin account you installed TB! in. Does TB! run OK now? MP>> I can't seem to find any special instructions for installing TB on MP>> XP anywhere on the net AM> No special instructions are required for installing for a single AM> user. AM> However, if you wish to use TB! in multiple XP user accounts then AM> you need to know that TB! stores its general configuration data in AM> HKEY_Current_User. Each XP user account will load it's own AM> HKey_Current_User hive. As a result, if you install and configure AM> TB! in one account A and log into another account B, you'll not be able AM> to use the settings in the previous account A, unless you run TB! as AM> the previous user A. AM> You'd otherwise have to reinstall TB! into the account B. Or you can AM> log into account A, export the registry key AM> HKey_Current_User/Software/Rit, log into Account B and import the AM> registry key into it. In this way you copy one users TB! AM> configuration data to the other. AM> - -- AM> -=] allie_M [=- {List Moderator} AM> - AM> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- AM> Comment: My Public Keys - http://www.ac-martin.com/pgpkeys.html AM> iD8DBQE+RlUZV8nrYCsHF+IRAl7jAKCDyJgTKe38miq+mIKyKx+7xyDsZgCgn+Z6 AM> iMToVPgUcqfeV6VzesB5SVI= AM> =o3nl AM> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- AM> ________________________________________________ AM> Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: AM> http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html Thanks for your help - It seems to work OK now, but I'm not exactly sure why!! I Upgraded to TB V1.62i using the account that worked ( all the accounts on the machine are currently configured with admin privileges ) and I still got the same error message as before. I then moved TB MAIL directory to be C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\MAIL, but still had the same messages appear when trying to run from another account. Final, I backed up all the accounts, undistilled TB completely and then reinstalled and am much relieved to report that all is well. All accounts can access mail. Trial & error triumphs again. Phew!! Thanks again. -- Best regards, Mike mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v1.62i on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
