Hi Fredrik Bergström, On Wednesday, 5 September 2007, you wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:41:40 +1000 GMT, Secret wrote: >> Hi, >> Just upgraded to Vista, re-installed The Bat and have noticed that >> I can no longer add words to the dictionary (right click on a word >> Bat says is wrongly spelt, and go 'Add to Dictionary' and the word >> is not added, instead it stays as underlined indicating it is >> wrongly spelt). Is this a bug in The Bat, or is it a case of Vista's >> new 'cannot allow write access to C:\Program Files for a non-admin >> user' policy (I note that this is where the dictionary files are located)? > I put up this subject a few threads ago, if you do not have the list > that long here is the mail archive link: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg94841.html Thanks. I found a slightly easier solution. Open up Windows Explorer, navigate to The Bat installation folder, right click on thebat.exe, select Properties, then go into the Compatibility tab. Down the bottom, put a tick in the 'run this program as an administrator' box and click Ok. When you run The Bat now, you will be prompted to run as an administrator (if you have UAC enabled), but you will be able to add to dictionary without moving your dictionary files as you described. I guess you could also reset the permissions on The Bat installation folder to allow a normal Vista user account all access. I know The Bat is meant to be Vista compatible, but it's not quite. Hopefully someone at RitLabs will realise that the dictionary files need to be placed in the user profile folder, and not Program Files (and will adjust their installer accordingly). -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.24 on Windows Vista ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.99.24 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
