Re: Application only runs for admin
From: SKB (Sburnett_at_hahacountrymax.com)
Date: 06/30/04
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:18:08 -0400
Malke,
It would run in safe mode also. It is working now, I ran a repair of
WinXP and reinstalled SP1. Must have been (I'm guessing )a corrupt
system file.
Thank you for your reply....
Malke wrote:
> SKB wrote:
>
>
>>I have two users, Administrator and 'me', both are Administrators. I
>>installed an application as 'me'. The install goes fine but, the app
>>won't start. Installing it under the Administator user works and it
>>starts. Anything basic that would cause this? Corrupt profile perhaps.
>>Looking for ideas before I rebuild.
>
>
> Many older programs will not work correctly unless an account has
> administrative privileges. You can use the "runas" command (look in
> XP's Help & Support for details), make the user Administrator (not
> really desirable), or contact the program's tech support to see if
> there is an updated version, patch and/or workaround. Perhaps if you
> would tell us the name of the application, someone reading the
> newsgroup familiar with that app will have a more specific answer for
> you.
>
> Malke
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