Re: Problem: SMS installer exe doen't run when distributed by SMS

From: Chip (chip_at_nospam.com)
Date: 04/21/04


Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 13:33:11 -0400

When you double-click on it, you are running with logged-on user's rights.
Thus, "current user" is what you expect it to be. When running with admin
rights, it is under a different context.....

"James" <james.campbell@adambank.com> wrote in message
news:e17145f0.0404210249.bf3593a@posting.google.com...
> I have created an EXE using the SMS installer. The EXE simply changes
> 1 reg key in current users (to point Word 2000 at a certain location
> for shared templates. Once compiled, this EXE runs perfectly well if
> run by doouble clicking, however if I create a package containg this
> program and advertise it, it doesn't work. SMS returns a error code
> of zero and states that the program has completed sucesfully on the
> targets, but the registry remains unchanged. For testing purposes I
> am using 1 distribution point and am running it hidden with no user
> interation, also with admin rights.......
>
> Can anyone help, this is driveing me mad as I cannot figure out what
> is going wrong!!
>
> Thanks.



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