Subject Re: Run As Administrator From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Wed, 1 May 2019 21:11:47 -0700 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 5/1/2019 7:41 PM, michael wrote: > Hi Bruce/Andy, > > I would rather run it in my own private directory c:\RT9999 and I use Set directory for that but it seems that if I dont run it as administrator it looks for the program in the windows32\system folder regardless. > > So, then If I run as Administrator then windows wont execute it in the startup folder. > > So, what i am asking is why does dbase need to run as Administrator? >   Can we work around it? I already set directories depending on users. The default in dBASE is to use CUA (Common User Access) Paths. You can turn this off by using: _app.useUACPaths := false All of this is discussed in my books ... Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm