[Lazarus] Is this a new microsoft approach?

[Arí Ricardo Ody]

At 12:01 14/8/2008, you wrote:
>I'm being told by our install team that on Vista 
>"Documents and Settings" is "problematic".
>
>They are telling me all users\shared documents works more reliably.
>
>It sounds like the first user to write to 
>documents and settings becomes the only user 
>that can write to it (or something like that).

I thing that it's worst. There are notebooks here 
that have only the original ADM user and can't 
write in the "documents and settings". There are 
no 1st user. If you know what I mean...

[ ]

Ricardo


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>[mailto:lazarus-bounces at lazarus.freepascal.org]On Behalf Of Arí Ricardo
>Ody
>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:37 AM
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>Subject: Re: [Lazarus] Is this a new microsoft approach?
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>
>It's useful take some care. Here in my work there
>are people using vista that came with no files
>locked and other people using vista that came
>with locked files. I still can't understand the
>criterion used by the Redmont guys...
>
>In anyway if someone here had to unlock some
>files in vista I ask to inform, please, how was
>the procedure adopted. I can't release the files
>in a way that Lazarus can write its configuration files.
>
>Is there a way to redirect the Lazarus configuration files to a new directory?
>
>[ ]
>
>Ricardo
>
>At 11:11 14/8/2008, you wrote:
> >I'm using Lazarus 0.9.24 on Vista 32 without problems. Admin user.
> >
> >Gustavo
> >
> >2008/8/14 Arí Ricardo Ody <ari.ody at japinfo.com.br>:
> > > I'm having troubles to install Lazarus under windows vista. Lazarus
> > > isn't writing its configuration files. I discovered that even with de
> > > ADM user I can't open the folder "documents and settings".
> > >
> > > If I'm not wrong Lazarus writes these files in the path "c:\documents
> > > and settings\<user>\local
> > settings\application data" (or something like this).
> > >
> > > I discovered late that there is a new concept(at least for me) for
> > > local files: The ownership. Then even with the ADM user with
> > > administrator rights and the user account control disabled I can't
> > > gain access to the files. I need to alter this ownership. I can't
> > > install Lazarus 'till now, but, at least, I
> > can open "documents and settings".
> > >
> > > Did someone have troubles with this stuff and solve them?
> > >
> > > Another question: Hw can I tell to Lazarus write this configuration
> > > files in a path choiced for me?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Ricardo
> > >
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