Don't disable UAC. IMO, that's bad advice as your customers could run into problems that you won't see in your testing. UAC is there for a reason. Instead, when you launch VFP, don't just click on it. Right-click and select "Run as Administrator"
>Hi,
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>I'm building my first application on VFP9 SP2 under Windows Vista.
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>When compiling, I get this message: "Access to system Registry denied"
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>The help says this:
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>"Access to the system Registry is required to perform operations such as creating COM servers. Make sure you are logged on and have the proper access rights."
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>I am just compiling a simple exe, so I'm not sure if this applies in my case. I am logged on as an administrator, but Vista is pretty new to me with all this security stuff.
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>Has anyone come across this before and know what I need to do?
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer