PRB: Distributed Setup Requires Admin Privileges on Windows NT

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

The setup created by the Visual FoxPro Setup Wizard requires administrator privileges when run under Windows NT. If you are not logged on with administrator privileges, you will receive the following error message when running the setup:

Installation of this product requires system administrator privileges.

CAUSE

The user must be logged in with administrator privileges for setup to perform all of its operations.

RESOLUTION

It is possible to bypass the portion of the setup routine that checks for administrator privileges.

NOTE: It is important to recognize that bypassing this step could cause the setup to fail due to a lack of necessary privileges.

The following steps describe how to modify the setup to bypass the check for administrator privileges:

1. Create your distribution set as you normally would with the Setup Wizard.



2. Once the Setup Wizard is complete, locate the file Setup32.stf in your distribution disks directory.



3. Open Setup32.stf in a text editor, such as Notepad.



4. Locate the line that contains the text "DetectAdminPrivileges."



5. Once you have located this line, look in the far-left column to determine this line's Object ID.



6. Locate a line above the "DetectAdminPrivileges" line that begins with "Depend" and also contains the Object ID that was found in step 5.



7. Delete the reference to the Object ID found in step 5 from this line.



8. Save Setup32.stf.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a distribution set using the Setup Wizard.



2. Log into a Windows NT computer as a user without administrator privileges.



3. Run the setup routine created in step 1 and note that the error "Installation of this product requires system administrator privileges" occurs.

Additional query words: kbdse

Keywords : kbsetup kbtool kbVFp kbVFp500 kbVFp500a kbVFp600 FxsetupError
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb