Re: Limited user doesn't get into sub main

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From: Björn Holmgren (bjohol_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 07:40:10 +0100

"Richard Boehme" <boehme@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:OEvIhArwEHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi there. We have a VB 6 application which works fine as an administrative
user. However, as a limited user, it will work fine, and then after
> recompilation, it will not even go into sub main -- we have a message box
to check if it gets there. It just displays "Windows cannot access the
> specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate
permissions to access the item." The application icon has changed from the
normal
> icon to a command line program icon, and brings up the standard DOS
program settings. When it works, it works consistently, and when it doesn't
work,
> it doesn't work, it's also consistantly not working.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas why it would do this?
>

That's exactly the effect you'd get if the user had "List folder contents"
access on the folder containing the exe file, but no access to the exe file
itself. The file would be visible in explorer, but since the user has no
read access, the system can not even show the proper icon (since it's part
of the exe). 

--
Björn Holmgren

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