terminal server users cant run application

[Guest]

I have an internal software product that due to licencing resrictions needs
to rename a dll file and also write entries to the registry. This is not an
issue on a stand alone machine as when the app is installed it can be run
the first time as an administrator.

In the "Terminal Services" environment when a "Starndard User tries to run
the application for the first time it erros when trying to write a font file
and other assocations to the registry. this causes problems within the
application. I do not want to give "Power User" rights to our standard users.

Is there a way of changing a users authority when they first start this
application?

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

This kind of problem can usually be avoided if you start the
application from the administrator account, immediately after
installation, and WHILE YOU ARE STILL IN INSTALL MODE.

To fix this now is, you will have to use a fresh administrator
account (which has never run the application before), put the TS
into install mode, run the application, exit, and put the TS back
into execute mode.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Was it started the first time in INSTALL MODE? That's the crucial
part, because all changes made to the registry while the TS is in
install mode will automatically be duplicated to each user.

This seems like a typical example of an application which is not
TS-compatible, I would contact the vendor.

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