There maybe certain reasons why only admins are allows or supposed to run like changing system settings etc. Can you create a shortcut on the desktop and change the properties by ticking Advanced, Run as Administrator? Installing them off the root directory also works but is not as tidy as DailyLlama's suggestion. ACT or Application Compatibility Toolkit is another longterm way to fix problems such as this and many others.
Wouldn't that just ensure you get the UAC prompt? ProcMon is what I used in this same situation. There were two entries in the system registry and one DLL that needed permissions updates. Once that was done, the program ran with standard user permissions. We created a group policy for all users to have write access to the particular program's directory. Depending on the software there are ways around this. One way would be to give users permission to modify the folder the software itself is contained in on the C drive.
You can have a shortcut that uses the admin credentials. When the program is executed you'll be prompted for the password. You only need to enter it once. The program can be launched multiple times without prompting for a password. The only downfall to this is that you'd have to enter the admin password every time the PC or Server is rebooted. I've run into this before and it was simply a case of the app needing to write to a file in it's own startup directory. We have a few legacy programs that are like this.
I think this is just lazy programming by the vendor, to be honest, but it is what it is. KittMac's solution would also work, but I'd prefer not hard coding the credentials if it can be avoided. If you do not have that many PC's to worry about, I'd just go with Eric's option and modify permissions to the local folder.
If you are using Windows 10 Version , the good news is that you will be able to open the programs in administrative mode directly from the Run dialog. This will trigger Run dialog box to run applications with admin privileges. Windows built-in RunAs command allows a user to launch programs with different user credentials than the now logged in user. But you have to repeat this step every time you launch that specific program. If you want to always run a program as a specific user then RunAsTool is for you.
RunAsTool is a portable app in which you can save admin user credentials and then app can automatically run programs listed in the app as the specific user all the time. This is especially useful for system administrators who want to give administrative rights to standard users only for specific programs and applications. RunAsTool is a portable app so you can easily keep it in a pen drive and run it on any computer within a Windows Active Directory Domain.
All the methods given above can be used for different purposes. As a power user or a system administrator, you must be aware of all these methods and can use them according to your situation. For domain users, I keep a copy of RunAsTool on a network drive and distribute it to users who want administrative access to specific programs. Jul 29, 3, 0 0. Some old software just sucks like that. Originally posted by: mechBgon What software is it?
Jun 2, 0 0. Maybe the prog can only work under the user who installed the program?! Jan 16, 97 0 0. Did you check the registry keys? Anytime we have a problem here at work, we install it on a clean machine one that has never had the particular software installed on it and fire up "InControl5" before installing the questionable software.
It gives you a log of all the files and folders that were modified during the install. A tideous process for sure. Good luck! What software is it here, themadmonk? It's a propriety software written to control a robotics. I think it is bad code though, because I have done everything you guys suggested and it doesn't work. However whenever I tell it to run in Windows 98 or Windows compatibility mode, it works.
I really think it is bad code. Oct 9, 1, 0 0. I have the exact same problem with Sims 2, it only runs as admin. I have not tried changing the permissions as it is a pain on XP Home yes I know, cacls is my friend.
I temporarily tried to change all the users to non-admin, but there were so many programs that wanted to run as admin, i just gave up.
I just hope that I don't get infected with spyware. Nothinman Elite Member. Sep 14, 30, 0 0. Contact the manufacturer and complain. Tell them you can't use their software if it can't be made to work within your corporate security policy.
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