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 From: Borislav Borissov
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 Sofia
 Bulgaria
 Borislav Borissov
 To: Judy Lester
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 Dayville
 Connecticut - United States
 Judy Lester
Subject: RE: Updating the Program Files folder
Thread ID: 180969 Message ID: 180983 # Views: 2 # Ratings: 1
Version: Visual FoxPro 9 Category: Windows Vista and VFP
Date: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:39:10 PM         
   



> >
> > One way is to run your application as administrator. Just right-CLick on shortcut and choose "Run as Administrator" from short-cut menu.
> > BTW how do you copy your files?
> > With COPY ... TO .... command?
> >
> >
> > -----------------
> > Borislav Borissov
> >
> > Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
> > The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.
>
> Dear Borislav:
>
> Thanks for the quick response. I will have my clients that run Vista do that so they can get the updates.
> One other question: Sometimes the person doing the update is on a workstation, and the executable reside on a server. Will this solution work for them as well, do you know?
>
> Yes, I use the COPY...TO... command to move the files from the temp folder to the program files folder. Is there a better way (I'm sure there is!).
>
> TIA!
>
> Judy

If the application is ran as Local Administrator you will have no problems.
Check this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/archive/2007/04/13/add-a-manifest-to-control-your-application-vista-uac-behavior.aspx

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Borislav Borissov

Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.

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Updating the Program Files folder Posted by Judy Lester @ 6/30/2008 6:47:01 PM
RE: Updating the Program Files folder Posted by Borislav Borissov @ 6/30/2008 7:00:25 PM
RE: Updating the Program Files folder Posted by Judy Lester @ 6/30/2008 8:20:46 PM
RE: Updating the Program Files folder Posted by Borislav Borissov @ 6/30/2008 8:39:10 PM
RE: Updating the Program Files folder Posted by Judy Lester @ 6/30/2008 8:56:00 PM
RE: Updating the Program Files folder Posted by Don Higgins @ 6/30/2008 10:09:00 PM
RE: Updating the Program Files folder Posted by Doug Hennig @ 7/1/2008 4:29:31 PM