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There's two current workarounds. One is that the Command Prompt window that you use to compile Penelope can be run as Administrator. You can create a shortcut setting that up (its in the Properties, Compatibility tab), or you can right-click on a link to a Command Prompt (e.g. one that shows up on the Start menu) and select "Run as Administrator". This is an unsatisfying solution because it raises the privilege level unnecessarily, but it does work. It does happen to solve other permission-related issues with files in general, so it is an easy way to fix the problem. It's also no different than the security model of Windows before Vista (well, at least the way that most people set it up, which is to run as Administrator all of the time). | There's two current workarounds. One is that the Command Prompt window that you use to compile Penelope can be run as Administrator. You can create a shortcut setting that up (its in the Properties, Compatibility tab), or you can right-click on a link to a Command Prompt (e.g. one that shows up on the Start menu) and select "Run as Administrator". This is an unsatisfying solution because it raises the privilege level unnecessarily, but it does work. It does happen to solve other permission-related issues with files in general, so it is an easy way to fix the problem. It's also no different than the security model of Windows before Vista (well, at least the way that most people set it up, which is to run as Administrator all of the time). | ||
The other way is to tell Vista that the app doesn't really need Administrator privileges. You can do this via a manifest file, which is an XML file which has properties about the application. It has the same name as the executable (including the ".exe"), but with an extra extension of ". | The other way is to tell Vista that the app doesn't really need Administrator privileges. You can do this via a manifest file, which is an XML file which has properties about the application. It has the same name as the executable (including the ".exe"), but with an extra extension of ".manifest" to it. The manifest file contents should look like this: | ||
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> | ||