>I received a new Windows 7 workstation and have loaded VFP9 SP2 on it. I think I finally have every FoxPro configured the way I want it, except this last nag screen I can't figure out...
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>The User Account Control pops up every time I try to start VFP with the message "Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes on this computer". Did Microsoft forget about VFP already? I thought that wasn't happing officially until 2015.
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>I've tried running both As Administrator and in Windows XP compatibility mode but the nag screen remains.
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>Is there a way to fix this?
In your config.fpw, what are these settings (do you have complete permissions to the paths):
EDITWORK=C:\FOXPRO\vfp9\TMP\
PROGWORK=C:\FOXPRO\vfp9\TMP\
SORTWORK=C:\FOXPRO\vfp9\TMP\
RESOURCE=c:FOXPRO\vfp9\foxuser9.DBF
TMPFILES=C:\FOXPRO\vfp9\TMP\
This happened under Vista 64 as well. See this for some resolutions:
Vista:
http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~MeetingTheChallengesOfVistaUserAccountControlWindows 7:
http://www.blogsdna.com/1815/how-to-disable-uac-turn-off-uac-in-windows-7-beta-1-build-7000.htmAfter you turn off UAC if it still doesn't work:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/foxpro-90-32-bit-wont-run-on-win7-pro/82c08ca7-3675-4e3c-94f7-284c8a81d3fd
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