PhotoEditor Security Issue

From: Dustin (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/28/04

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    I'm not sure if this will work, but you can try going to
    the directory of PHOTOED.exe, go to properties for the
    *.exe and edit the permissions. Perhaps giving your "user"
    full control of this program would alleviate your problems.

    -Dustin

    >-----Original Message-----
    >Hi,
    >
    >I have a PC running Win2k pro. I have created a user and
    >put her in the built-In "Users" group. She is unable to
    >view image files with Microsoft Photo-Editor. When she
    >tries, she gets a series of the following errors - "No
    >file format information can be found in the
    >Registry", "Unknown File Format", and "PhotoEditor
    >cannot find or open C:\temp\filename.jpg".
    >
    >I think this is a security issue, because if I log on as
    >an administrator, I have no problem looking at images in
    >PhotoEditor. I'd like to limit the rights of the "Users"
    >group as much as possible for security purposes, but I do
    >want my "Users" to be able to look at images in
    >PhotoEditor. Can anyone tell me what I have to do to
    >give them this right?
    >
    >Thanks,
    >Paul
    >.
    >

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