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[c8c0b78c84] Windows 7: "fossil ui" and "fossil server" fail status still Open with 1 other change
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anonymous
2010-10-19 09:11:14.
D 2010-10-19T09:11:14
J +comment \n\n<hr\s/><i>anonymous\sclaiming\sto\sbe\sarichardson\sadded\son\s2010-10-19\s09:11:14:</i><br\s/>\n>The\soriginal\sposter\suses\swindir/system32.\sI\sthink\sit's\snot\sa\sgood\sidea,\sto\suse\ssuch\san\sspecial\sOS\sfolder\sfor\sa\suser\sinstalled\sexecutable.\r\n\r\nI\scan't\sagree\swith\sthat.\sThe\sexecutable\sshould\sabsolutely\snot\scare\swhere\sit's\sinstalled.\sWhy\sshould\sit\sstop\sworking\sin\ssome\smagic\slocation?\sIf\sthe\sOS\swants\sto\sprevent\sthe\sinstallation,\sfine,\sif\sgroup\spolicy\swants\sto\sprevent\sit,\salso\sfine,\sbut\sotherwise\sthe\sexecutable\sshould\swork\sas\sexpected.\r\n\r\nI\shave\sinstalled\smany\sprograms\sin\s%windir%\\system32\sin\sthe\spast\sand\sthis\sis\sthe\sfirst\stime\sthere's\sever\sbeen\sa\sproblem.\r\n\r\n>Especially\sVista/Win7\shaves\sspecial\smechanismns\sto\sprotect\sthis\sfolder.\r\n\r\nThe\sonly\s"special\smechanism"\sis\sa\sdialog\sbox\ssaying\s"you\swant\sto\sdo\sthis?\sreally?"\sand\sme\ssaying\s"yes".\r\n\r\n>In\saddition\sto\sthis:\swindows\suses\sdifferrent\sways\sto\sexpand\spaths\swhile\ssearching\sexecutables(see\sabove).\r\n\r\nAs\sfar\sas\sI\scan\ssee\sthis\sis\sthe\sonly\svalid\sargument\sagainst\sfixing\sthis,\sthat\sit\swould\srequire\sOS-specific\scode\sin\sa\s"#ifdef\s_WIN32"\sblock.\sI\shate\sthat\skind\sof\sthing\snormally.\r\n
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