DOS program works in my Admin account but not my user account

[Robert M Jones]

Newbie to XP
I have a legacy DOS program (Bible software) that runs fine in my XP
Home Admin account which is the one I installed it in (simply by copying
across the folder from an old win98HDD into the new C drive) but when I
run the shortcut or the exe file in my user account it just opens the
initial menu screen - if I click on one of the choices the screen
flashes off and that's it - finished = the problem is associated with
the underlying *.exe file - if I click that it just flashes on and off.

I've adjusted the underlying exe file as well as the bat file that the
shortcut runs, to be compatible as for Win98.

Can anyone give me any pointers to why this would happen in a user
account when the program works fine in an Admin account, and what can I
do about it? Is it associated with the fact that I just copied the
folder rather than running the full install from the floppies?

Many thanks.


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[Larry Gardner]

You probably need to change the Security Permissions for allowing Everyone
(if that's what you want).

When you do this, do it for the entire folder AND sub-folders.

But since you are XP Home Edition, you will have to do this in Safe Mode
(Windows XP Home does not permit this in non-Safe Mode - I've been told).

1. Reboot in Windows Safe Mode (When Windows XP logo screen appears - the
one with the blue progress bar), immediately keep hitting F8 until the boot
menu appears.
2. Chose Safe Mode
3. Enter Administrator password for Admin User you chose).
4. Open Windows Explorer
5. Go to folder where software is installed
6. Right click on folder name
7. Chose Properties then select Security tab.
8. Click on Add
9. Enter the name Users (you are adding permission for Users on the system)
10. Click Ok
11. Check to make sure that in the window below has the correct permissions
under the Allow heading.

You may have to set the permissions on all sub-folders as well for the Users
to use.

 

[Robert M Jones]

You probably need to change the Security Permissions for allowing Everyone
(if that's what you want).

When you do this, do it for the entire folder AND sub-folders.

But since you are XP Home Edition, you will have to do this in Safe Mode
(Windows XP Home does not permit this in non-Safe Mode - I've been told).

1. Reboot in Windows Safe Mode (When Windows XP logo screen appears - the
one with the blue progress bar), immediately keep hitting F8 until the boot
menu appears.
2. Chose Safe Mode
3. Enter Administrator password for Admin User you chose).
4. Open Windows Explorer
5. Go to folder where software is installed
6. Right click on folder name
7. Chose Properties then select Security tab.
8. Click on Add
9. Enter the name Users (you are adding permission for Users on the system)
10. Click Ok
11. Check to make sure that in the window below has the correct permissions
under the Allow heading.

You may have to set the permissions on all sub-folders as well for the Users
to use.

Thanks - I'll try that in the morning. I've tried the options (in
ordinary mode) for dragging the folder and subfolders into Shared
Documents - no difference, and I've tried making the folder and sub
folders shared for network and other users - no difference. So I'm not
hopeful as I suspect I have already done what you suggested by another
route?

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