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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FV
will stop an app crashing but it’s of no use for anything else. You
can’t store information there as it’s wiped out after rebooting, at
least with registry settings. Other methods of sidestepping or bypassing
the security features should always work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For
example, it will always be possible to save ini files to a folder under Program
Files. I can’t imagine M$ will ever remove the Security tab off the
folder properties dialog. Just give the “Users Group” full access
to a data folder and it works fine. No FV being used at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Write
access to HKLM requires “Run as Administrator” set on the
application. It will always be possible to set elevated rights on an
application. It’s available in the shortcut properties or in the
manifest. This will ask the user to “Continue” when loading
the app, but it will always be supported.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The
latest version of Inno Setup includes a Vista manifest to always “Run as administrator”,
so it doesn’t matter what the name of the setup program is. That was
a relief because my demo installation programs are named like StudioDemo.exe, whereas
the full version is StudioSetup.exe. I can’t easily change this now
as I have hundreds of shareware sites linking to the demo and it would take
weeks to change them all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ross.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US
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delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Alan Rose<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 2 May 2007 10:35<br>
<b>To:</b> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [DUG] Vista and Ini files<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I think anyone who is thinking of going against the tide by
bypassing or sidestepping the new security features with Vista should
think twice. File virtualization (FV) for system folders and registry are only
there for legacy support. Eventually MS will turn FV and other legacy features
off and may find yourself with a broken app. Any executable with
"update" or "install" in its name automatically gets the
run as admin applied, again another MS legacy feature to help you migrate to
Vista. I am willing to bet some people have installed their app on
Vista found that it works due to FV and think that's the end of the
story. My advice is not to look for ways to beat the system but make
those changes now to place your files in the correct locations (well documented
on the net) so there will be no surprises later with future OS
upgrades. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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