XP Home - users can't run application

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Marc

Hi,

Just installed Windows XP Home Edition on my machine.

I installed a new application as an adminstrator account
and that works fine.

But other users are unable to run the application. The
error message is "You have insufficient privileges to run
this . Please contact your system adminstrator for
assistance"

I have tried the following with no success
1. Changing the account type to be Computer Adminstrator.

2. Moving the application to Shared folders

3. Using regedit to give user full control to all keys
associated with the application

None of the above helped. Any further suggestions on how
to overcome this ?

Thanks in advance

Marc
 
Which application is this? Ask for support from the application vendor.
Nothing to do with windows xp.

Try opening up all security privilages on the application directory and its
contents in the C:\program Files\ directory. Some application want to create
temporary files in the directory where their main executable resides.

However, if making the troubled users an administrator doesnt fix this them
it must be something else. Is the application certified/tested/approved for
XP at all?

Rehan Ahmad
 
Greetings --

This is quite common if the software was designed for Win9x/Me, or
if it was intended for WinNT/2K/XP, but was improperly designed. Quite
simply, the installation routine for this application doesn't "know"
how to handle individual user profiles, or the application tries to
make changes to "off-limits" sections of the registry. Quite often,
you can make this software available to other users by _copying_ the
Start Menu folder and Desktop folder shortcuts from the user profile
from which the software was installed in the corresponding folders in
the user profile(s) in which you'd like the software to be accessible.
If the application is something that can/should be made available to
all current and future users, copying the shortcuts into the
corresponding locations of the All Users profile will do the trick.

NOTE: This may not work if the software requires access to parts
of the hard drive and/or registry that are not normally accessible to
regular users. (This won't occur if the application was properly
written.) If this does prove to be the case, however, you're left
with two options: Either grant the necessary users appropriate higher
access privileges (either as Power Users or local administrators), or
replace the application with one that was properly designed
specifically for WinNT/2K/XP.

Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q307091

Additionally, here are a couple of tips suggested, in a reply to a
different post, by MS-MVP Kent W. England:

"If your game or application works with admin accounts, but not with
limited accounts, you can fix it to allow limited users to access the
program files folder with "change" capability rather than "read" which
is the default.

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c

where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.

If you wish to undo these changes, then run

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r

If you still have a problem with running the program or saving
settings on limited accounts, you may need to change permissions on
the registry keys. Run regedit.exe and go to HKLM\Software\vendor\app,
where "vendor\app" is the key that the software vendor used for your
specific program. Change the permissions on this key to allow Users
full control."


Bruce Chambers

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