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Old December 10th 14, 04:31 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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One of my apps ("Screen-Scraper") is throwing a "Write Access Error"
dialog which says that it does not have access to "C:\Program
files\screen-scraper Basic Edition\resource\db\ss.data".

But when I do a (folder) | Properties | Security it looks to me like
everybody has Full Control.

I ever went up to the top and granted Full Control for everybody to
C:\... and then to C:\Program Files\screen-scraper... but the app
persists in saying that it does not have write access.

Could this be true and I am missing something permission-wise?

Or is it more likely that the app is encountering some other problem
mis-reporting the issue?

FWIW, the app seems to delete ss.data and (preseumably) re-create it
when the app starts up.
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Old December 10th 14, 05:26 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Paul
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
One of my apps ("Screen-Scraper") is throwing a "Write Access Error"
dialog which says that it does not have access to "C:\Program
files\screen-scraper Basic Edition\resource\db\ss.data".

But when I do a (folder) | Properties | Security it looks to me like
everybody has Full Control.

I ever went up to the top and granted Full Control for everybody to
C:\... and then to C:\Program Files\screen-scraper... but the app
persists in saying that it does not have write access.

Could this be true and I am missing something permission-wise?

Or is it more likely that the app is encountering some other problem
mis-reporting the issue?

FWIW, the app seems to delete ss.data and (preseumably) re-create it
when the app starts up.


Run Sysinternals ProcMon and see what it's doing ?

It's possible it is actually writing to

C:\Users\PeteCresswell\AppData\Roaming\screen-scraper Basic Edition\resource\db\ss.data

You may need to show hidden files, to navigate there.

Just a guess.

Paul
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Old December 11th 14, 02:27 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Gene E. Bloch[_2_]
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:31:16 -0500, (PeteCresswell) wrote:

One of my apps ("Screen-Scraper") is throwing a "Write Access Error"
dialog which says that it does not have access to "C:\Program
files\screen-scraper Basic Edition\resource\db\ss.data".

But when I do a (folder) | Properties | Security it looks to me like
everybody has Full Control.

I ever went up to the top and granted Full Control for everybody to
C:\... and then to C:\Program Files\screen-scraper... but the app
persists in saying that it does not have write access.

Could this be true and I am missing something permission-wise?

Or is it more likely that the app is encountering some other problem
mis-reporting the issue?

FWIW, the app seems to delete ss.data and (preseumably) re-create it
when the app starts up.


Maybe Screen-Scraper is one of those older apps that needs to be
installed in a home-made program file directory, because it is not
written to work in Program Files or Program Files (x86) for W7.

I have a directory called Programs (Other) for such; being home-made,
it's not sacred to Windows.

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Old December 11th 14, 02:45 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Per Gene E. Bloch:
Maybe Screen-Scraper is one of those older apps that needs to be
installed in a home-made program file directory, because it is not
written to work in Program Files or Program Files (x86) for W7.

I have a directory called Programs (Other) for such; being home-made,
it's not sacred to Windows.


Rings true.

Uninstalled, re-installed to Program Files (Other).... but
same-old-same-old.

I'm starting to suspect User RCI on my part...
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Old December 11th 14, 03:12 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Per (PeteCresswell):
Uninstalled, re-installed to Program Files (Other).... but
same-old-same-old.

I'm starting to suspect User RCI on my part...


Oops...

Just tried the same approach on another machine (the "Production"
machine) and it worked. C:\Program Files (Other)....

Went back to my developer box, uninstalled, re-installed on D: and no
improvement. Did all the Properties | Security things... so anybody
and everybody has Full Control.

Seems to me like it's something with my environment on the developer
box.
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Old December 11th 14, 03:22 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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4Per (PeteCresswell):
Went back to my developer box, uninstalled, re-installed on D: and no
improvement. Did all the Properties | Security things... so anybody
and everybody has Full Control.

Seems to me like it's something with my environment on the developer
box.


I went back and followed the folder hierarchy down from D: to the
individual files and everybody has Full Control.

What I do notice, however, is that the specific file the app is
complaining about gets deleted (and, presumably re-created) each time
the app starts up.

I'm thinking there's another permission for "Create A File" that's not
included under Full Control.

But all I see a

Full Control
Modify
Read & Execute
List folder contents
Read
Write
Special Permissions

All except "Special Permissions" have the "Allow" box checked and
"Special Permissions"'s checkbox is disabled.
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Old December 12th 14, 12:47 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Gene E. Bloch[_2_]
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:45:03 -0500, (PeteCresswell) wrote:

Per Gene E. Bloch:
Maybe Screen-Scraper is one of those older apps that needs to be
installed in a home-made program file directory, because it is not
written to work in Program Files or Program Files (x86) for W7.

I have a directory called Programs (Other) for such; being home-made,
it's not sacred to Windows.


Rings true.

Uninstalled, re-installed to Program Files (Other).... but
same-old-same-old.

I'm starting to suspect User RCI on my part...


From this and your subsequent replies to yourself, I have to confess
that the above thing is the only trick in my bag of tricks.

Sorry I can't actually help.

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Old December 12th 14, 02:18 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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My guess is that the file that is created is not inheriting the security
settings.

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Old December 12th 14, 03:22 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Unable To Grant Write Access To Folder

Per Johnbee:
My guess is that the file that is created is not inheriting the security
settings.


That was my thought.

But it begs the question of "What setting am I missing?"
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Old December 13th 14, 08:43 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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I have not looked at this for a while, but if you look at a folder, right
click and select properties, there is an advanced tab or selection or
button. Click on things and eventually you get a list of people with
access including system etc. and there there is a button or tab or something
on screen to choose whether things inherit or not.You'll find it if you
click about. A severe warning though. Invent some directories etc. to
practice on before doing it really, because security is tricky. One of the
things to look at is 'effective permissions' which is supposed to help the
beginner.

I used to keep the Vax security book locked up so no prats would try things
out.

Incidentally, see also the thing about Screen Saver and pedantry. 'Beg
the question' is the logical fallacy of assuming the argument is correct as
part of the argument. It does not mean causes one to ask. I might get
abuse for that, you can see why I don't contribute much here.

 




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