Running the program without admin privilege

When non admin users run a specific program it does not run properly until
admin account and password is entered. Is there any way I could make the
application runable by any user?

Thanks.

 

You would need to make all the resources required by the program
available to the users by giving them permissions to them. Contact the
vendor of the program for assistance.

JohnSmith1 wrote:

> Running the program without admin privilege
>
> When non admin users run a specific program it does not run properly until
> admin account and password is entered. Is there any way I could make the
> application runable by any user?
>
> Thanks.
>

 

JohnSmith1 wrote:
> Running the program without admin privilege
>
> When non admin users run a specific program it does not run properly until
> admin account and password is entered. Is there any way I could make the
> application runable by any user?
>
> Thanks.
>


You may experience some problems if the software was designed for
Win9x/Me, or if it was intended for WinNT/2K/XP, but was improperly
designed. Quite simply, the application doesn't "know" how to handle
individual user profiles with differing security permissions levels, or
the application is designed to make changes to "off-limits" sections of
the Windows registry or within protected Windows system folders.

For example, saved data are often stored in a sub-folder under the
application's folder within CProgram Files - a place where no
inexperienced or limited user should ever have write permissions.

It may even be that the software requires "write" access to parts
of the registry or protected systems folders/files that are not normally
accessible to regular users. (This *won't* occur if the application is
properly written.) If this does prove to be the case, however, you're
often left with three options: Either grant the necessary users
appropriate higher access privileges (either as Power Users or local
administrators), explicitly grant normal users elevated privileges to
the affected folders and/or part(s) or the registry, or replace the
application with one that was properly designed specifically for
WinNT/2K/XP.

Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q307091

Additionally, here are a couple of tips suggested, in a reply to a
different post, by MS-MVP Kent W. England:

"If your game or application works with admin accounts, but not with
limited accounts, you can fix it to allow limited users to access the
program files folder with "change" capability rather than "read" which
is the default.

C>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c

where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.

If you wish to undo these changes, then run

C>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r


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