permissions in widows xp home edition

[brian]

here's a good one a few programer friends of mine can't
solve. i am trying to install a program that has an
access database (.mdb) on windows home edition. i have to
install it as admin. and other users cant run the program
because they have limited control. in the home edition
you cant view or change the security tab (which has to be
set for the user to read/write/execute) without booting
in safe mode which you have to be an admin to do so. does
anyone know how a user could use this program if they had
to install on their computer and did not have admin
rights. or any ideas on how to change the code in the
program to bypass permissions for users.
thanks

[Roger Abell [MVP]]

Something does not hold water here.
If the mdb is in folder c:\progs\mine you could execute=20
cacls "c:\progs\mine" /e /t /g users:c
(the ""s are actually not needed here for this example)

But, if they do not have write there, then how did=20
they install it there ?

--
Roger

"brian" > wrote in message =
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> here's a good one a few programer friends of mine can't=20
> solve. i am trying to install a program that has an=20
> access database (.mdb) on windows home edition. i have to=20
> install it as admin. and other users cant run the program=20
> because they have limited control. in the home edition=20
> you cant view or change the security tab (which has to be=20
> set for the user to read/write/execute) without booting=20
> in safe mode which you have to be an admin to do so. does=20
> anyone know how a user could use this program if they had=20
> to install on their computer and did not have admin=20
> rights. or any ideas on how to change the code in the=20
> program to bypass permissions for users.
> thanks

[brian]

roger
thanks for responding, i have read some of your other
responses and have found them quit helpful. my full story
is this. i had a company build me a simple software
program using access. in windows xp home edition when an
admin installs it, users don't have permission to write
therefore producing an error in the program. xp home
edition is not the easiest to use for permissions. admin
would have to adjust every user by safe booting the users
computer then changing the permission for the user on
the security tab to be able to read/write/execute. is
there a way to install the program to avoid admin or user
permissions. the company that built this program said the
have been researching it but have come up with no
solution yet. i thought by installing the program to
c:\mine instead of c:\programfiles\mine would bypass the
permissions but i was wrong that didn't work. again
thanks for responding and if you could shed any light on
this subject i would greatly appreciate it
brian

>-----Original Message-----
>Something does not hold water here.
>If the mdb is in folder c:\progs\mine you could execute
>cacls "c:\progs\mine" /e /t /g users:c
>(the ""s are actually not needed here for this example)
>
>But, if they do not have write there, then how did
>they install it there ?
>
>--
>Roger
>
>"brian" > wrote in message
...
>> here's a good one a few programer friends of mine
can't
>> solve. i am trying to install a program that has an
>> access database (.mdb) on windows home edition. i have
to
>> install it as admin. and other users cant run the
program
>> because they have limited control. in the home edition
>> you cant view or change the security tab (which has to
be
>> set for the user to read/write/execute) without
booting
>> in safe mode which you have to be an admin to do so.
does
>> anyone know how a user could use this program if they
had
>> to install on their computer and did not have admin
>> rights. or any ideas on how to change the code in the
>> program to bypass permissions for users.
>> thanks
>.
>