Windows 7 UAC prompt
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Athena
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Windows 7 UAC prompt
I just installed PDF Xchange Viewer in a Windows 7 machine. Now I find that everytime I open a PDF file, I get a prompt about a registry change. I know how to disable this but I'm wondering: what exactly is the viewer changing?
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Ivan - Tracker Software
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Re: Windows 7 UAC prompt
Can you say the build of W7 you are using? Official beta? And please say platform: x86 or x64.
Will try to reproduce, but in any cases, Viewer can write into HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tracker Software\PDFViewer, and I don't think UAC should prevent this.
Will try to reproduce, but in any cases, Viewer can write into HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tracker Software\PDFViewer, and I don't think UAC should prevent this.
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Athena
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Re: Windows 7 UAC prompt
I'm using the current 32-bit build from the official technical beta (build 7000) . I tried to attach a screen shot but attachments appear to be disabled on the boards.
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Ivan - Tracker Software
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Re: Windows 7 UAC prompt
You need to ZIP file before attaching.
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ptoniolo
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Re: Windows 7 UAC prompt
Sure it can! But the problem is that UAC is preventing the application to execute a .reg file! The UAC asks for user permission before it can check that the file contains only changes to the HKCU hive.Ivan - Tracker Software wrote:in any cases, Viewer can write into HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tracker Software\PDFViewer, and I don't think UAC should prevent this.
I have the same problem with a standard Vista installation, with UAC enabled. I am always asked for the permission to run a .reg file in temp, any time I open the viewer.
I think you should write whatever you like in the registry, but using the APIs, because this idea of running a .reg file is incompatible with the UAC behaviour.
By the way, what is the viewer trying to write on the registry? The problem is very anoying, and if I can disable the feature that causes the attempt to launch the regfile, I can use the viewer again!
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