Startup folder and user permissions

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:21:22 -0700

What I do in that type of situation, is give ALL USERS
admin capabilities, (UNTIL THE PROGRAM IS SET UP), then I
revert the users back to limited. This should solve your
problem.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a program that placed several apps in the Startup
folder for All
>Users. Unfortunately, when I log in with a non-
Administrator account, I get
>an error message from one of the apps (trying to load a
driver). The
>application is designed for an earlier version of
Windows, and I assume
>that's related to the problem.
>
>I don't want to give Administrator privileges to all
users. Is there any way
>to tell a program in the Startup folder to run with
extra privileges? I know
>I can use the RunAs menu option when starting a program,
but I don't see how
>that will help me with apps in the Startup folder.
>
>Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Carl Rapson
>
>
>.
>

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