[DUG] Vista help

[Alister Christie]

You probably don't want any user data stored in the Program Files 
directory - I'm not sure what you are meant to do when you share data 
across users.   Vista has quite a lot of support for legacy applications 
(folder/registry virtualization), however this support may not be in the 
next release of windows (which is probably not for another 5 years) - so 
I would try to not depend on it.

I'm in the middle of fixing my own inno setup script to try to put 
things in their correct places (the Application Data directory - or 
{userappdata} for the inno setup script constant).  I guess this is 
stuff I should have sorted out years ago for XP.

Alister Christie
Computers for People
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Wellington 



Ross Levis wrote:
> I can't help you, I'm sorry, but I have some Vista questions of my own 
> that I hope someone can answer.
>
> I use D7 and use the XP manifest component currently.  Is it easy to 
> modify this to provide a Vista manifest?
>
> I've modified my programs recently to write it's configuarion data to a 
> specific subfolder called Data under the installation folder, which is 
> normally under the Program Files folder, and I've also made sure the 
> programs work with restricted user rights.
>
> I considered using the Common Application Data area but this will be too 
> difficult when there are multiple installations of my app on the same 
> PC, which is a common occurence.
>
> I have Inno setup changing the access rights on the Data folder to 
> read/write/modify during installation
>
> Does any of this break the Vista rules?
>
> Thanks,
> Ross.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert martin" <rob at wildsoft.co.nz>
> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at ns3.123.co.nz>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:27 AM
> Subject: [DUG] Vista help
>
>
> Hi All
>
> We are testing our Apps in Vista but I must admit to having some
> difficulties with the OS.  We use Crystal reports which we understadn is
> a problem on Vista.
>
> So I have been testing our runtime install (the full deployment is a
> guaranteed no go).  It was working!.  However the app involved showed
> with a shield (which apparently indicates running in admin mode),  even
> though the properties for the app were set to no compatability fixes and
> non admin.  So I rebuilt the app with a Vista manifest setting the
> rights to minimum (user).  This removed the shield but broke Crystal.
> So I removed the manifest but the shield has not returned and even if I
> force the app to run in admin mode, crystal still fails.
>
> I think the issue is the app is no longer 'virtualized'.  I have no idea
> how to turn this setting back on.  Does anyone have any ideas, the MS
> site tells me all about virtualization and that adding a security
> manifest will turn it off (thats what I did), but removing the manifest
> has not restored it.
>
> Arrggghh !
>
>