Re: terminal server users cant run application

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From: adrianh33 (adrianh33_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 05:53:04 -0700

 Thanks for the reply,

When the app is first installed it is started as the administrator. However
when subsequent new users (only user permissions) try to run the app it does
not install the correctly for them.

Adrian

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> This kind of problem can usually be avoided if you start the
> application from the administrator account, immediately after
> installation, and WHILE YOU ARE STILL IN INSTALL MODE.
>
> To fix this now is, you will have to use a fresh administrator
> account (which has never run the application before), put the TS
> into install mode, run the application, exit, and put the TS back
> into execute mode.
>
> --
> Vera Noest
> MCSE,CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
> *----------- Please reply in newsgroup -------------*
>
> =?Utf-8?B?YWRyaWFuaDMz?= <adrianh33@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote on 02 sep 2004:
>
> > I have an internal software product that due to licencing
> > resrictions needs to rename a dll file and also write entries
> > to the registry. This is not an issue on a stand alone machine
> > as when the app is installed it can be run the first time as an
> > administrator.
> >
> > In the "Terminal Services" environment when a "Starndard User
> > tries to run the application for the first time it erros when
> > trying to write a font file and other assocations to the
> > registry. this causes problems within the application. I do not
> > want to give "Power User" rights to our standard users.
> >
> > Is there a way of changing a users authority when they first
> > start this application?
>

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