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Config.fpw in Vista
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27/11/2007 16:58:05
 
 
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27/11/2007 16:52:07
Guy Pardoe
Pardoe Development Corporation
Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Vista
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01271566
Message ID:
01271567
Views:
15
If you attempt to make changes to a file in Program Files, the changes will be virtualized and end up in \Users\your username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Progam Files\...


>Hi,
>
>I've been getting more involved with Vista lately and I thought I understood the issue of not putting config files under the Program files folder hierarchy.
>
>But interestinly, today I wanted to make some changes to config.fpw and another .prg I have in the VFP program folder. I would normally just MODI COMM or MODI FILE to make the updates. But Vista won't let me save the changes because the files are protected (obviously).
>
>I did some searching and have not found an answer.
>
>What's the easiest way to make updates to my own programming environment in VFP? I suspect I could copy those files out to somewhere else, edit them, and then copy them back, but that seems foolish.
>
>I don't want to turn UAC off because I want to understand the normal user experience and learn to do things properly (safely???).
>
>Thanks for any thoughts on this.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer
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