installer and permissions on windows 7


  1. tank junior
    Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
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    installer and permissions on windows 7


    Hi,

    I have deployed an app using python + py2exe. The app is working fine on XP but on
    windows 7, app is not able to write and modify it's own files. It's because
    "permissions" on win 7. After installing I have to manually change the permissions on executable in order to work with out any problems.
    How I set "write" and "modify" permissions while producing an executable? I am on
    XP and Python 2.6.5.

    To create an installer I am using "InnoSetup". Posting this query there suggests
    that this has nothing to do with "install builder".

    Cheers

    Prashant
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  3. logicearth
    Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       New #2

    You don't change the permissions, you run the application as admin. Or better yet. Do not change the files in "Program Files" but rather use the User's AppData (Application Data in Windows XP) folder in there profile. That is what that folder is for, application data.

    Run as Administrator
    Last edited by Brink; 30 Dec 2010 at 10:48. Reason: added link
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