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Access 2003. Many users use the Access Runtime.
I've historically installed my .mdb files to c:\program files\MyDirectory
However this causes problems with Vista virtuallizing and doing "funky"
things. It was suggested that I not use the Program Files directory for my
install. Using the Access 2003 Developer Extensions allows for installation to
"Program Files" All users
"UserAppData" Current user
"Desktop" Current user
"Common Appdata" All users
"My Documents" Current user
"Common Files" All users
The "common files" goes to c:\program files\common files\,
whereas "Common AppData" goes to C:\documents and settings\all
users\application data\.
As I want the pgm available to all users, I narrow the possibilities to the
3 "all users" options. Both "Program Files" and "Common Files" install into
the "program files" directory. Which leaves only the "Common Appdata".
However, when trying this on my test system for a "Limited Account" user, I'm
informed that the .mdb is read only. Am I running into a directory issue, or
something else? The Application Data directory is a hidden directory, is
there some kind of write restriction to this directory. I didn't have this
problem when using the program from the "program files" directory. The exact
error is "Cannot update. Database or object is read-only."
Do I need to re-read "Catch-22"?
thanks for input,
James
I've historically installed my .mdb files to c:\program files\MyDirectory
However this causes problems with Vista virtuallizing and doing "funky"
things. It was suggested that I not use the Program Files directory for my
install. Using the Access 2003 Developer Extensions allows for installation to
"Program Files" All users
"UserAppData" Current user
"Desktop" Current user
"Common Appdata" All users
"My Documents" Current user
"Common Files" All users
The "common files" goes to c:\program files\common files\,
whereas "Common AppData" goes to C:\documents and settings\all
users\application data\.
As I want the pgm available to all users, I narrow the possibilities to the
3 "all users" options. Both "Program Files" and "Common Files" install into
the "program files" directory. Which leaves only the "Common Appdata".
However, when trying this on my test system for a "Limited Account" user, I'm
informed that the .mdb is read only. Am I running into a directory issue, or
something else? The Application Data directory is a hidden directory, is
there some kind of write restriction to this directory. I didn't have this
problem when using the program from the "program files" directory. The exact
error is "Cannot update. Database or object is read-only."
Do I need to re-read "Catch-22"?
thanks for input,
James