Re: admin rights to specific files

Place the files in WINDOWS\system32 or add WINDOWS\system to the Path. The
WINDOWS\system folder contains DLLs, etc. for Windows 9x programs, for
backward compatibility, for old applications that look for a System folder.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:%237uWdXnXHHA.3984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Dave Cullen <nospam@xxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I'm writing software to control machinery in my company's manufacturing
plant. I'm using a third party dll that allows access to the computer's
hardware. Three files are required: the dll, a .sys file and a .vxd file.
These reside in Windows / System folder.

The problem I'm having is that the dll will not respond unless the user
has full admin rights on the computer. This is understandably
unacceptable to the IT dept. I'm not saavy in Win XP security features,
so I'm asking you guys if there's any way to allow full access to
specific files in that directory without compromising the entire machine?

Thanks

.

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