BillD said:
you didn't understand me!!!!
Well, I'm pretty sure I got the general idea.
try these steps: Standard user + UAC on
1. create a new folder in c:\program files\sysinternals\processexplorer
I still cannot reproduce the problem. Here's what I did:
- 32-bit Vista Ultimate, clean install, fully patched via Windows Update;
- log in as Administrative user;
- open Command Prompt as Administrator;
- C:\Program Files>mkdir Test;
- download ProcessMonitor.zip to Public\Downloads;
- copy 3 files from ZIP to C:\Program Files\test;
- there is now C:\Program Files\test dir containing 3 files. So far, so
good;
- log out.
- log in again, this time as a Standard (non-Admin) user;
- open one Explorer Window with focus on C:\Program Files\test;
- open second Explorer window with
C:\Users\Public\Downloads\ProcessMonitor.zip selected, showing 3 archived
files;
- select the 3 files in the ZIP file;
- right-click, drag-n-drop files to C:\Program Files\Test;
- release right mouse button, choose "Copy" from context menu, to copy the
files from the ZIP archive to the Test directory;
- I get a "Copy File: There is already a file with the same name in this
location. Copy and replace?" dialogue;
- I select "Copy and replace" for ProcMon.CHM;
- I repeat for Procmon.EXE and EULA.TXT;
- I get a "Destination Folder Access Denied" dialogue: "You'll need to
provide administrator permission to copy to this folder, Continue, Skip,
Cancel";
- I press Continue;
- I get UAC "Windows needs your permission to continue" dialogue. I enter
Admin user password and click OK;
- Message box "Copying 3 items" appears, files are copied;
- I highlight the C:\Program Files\Test directory in Explorer and press F5
to refresh the view;
- I see 3 files in the directory. Double-clicking the EXE launches the
program, double-clicking EULA.TXT opens it in Notepad etc;
- normal operations were preserved. No errors or data loss can be seen.
If I have misunderstood the repro scenario, please explain what I need to do
to repro the bug.
To be clear, I don't doubt that you are seeing a problem on your machine,
there. However, the problem you are seeing does not seem to be the universal
or common experience for other Vista users. Therefore, it may be caused by
some local condition or circumstance on your machine. In order to delineate
the parameters of the bug, you will need to isolate what those particular or
specific conditions might be; and work out whether they are intrinsic to
Vista, or caused by some custom configuration, conflict with 3rd party
software, etc. Otherwise your bug report is not useful, and may even be in
error.