All Users Application Data Permissions

[Dennis C. Drumm]

I use the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on Data\AppName folder
to store xml settings that are applicable to all user who log onto a
machine. (The uers personal settings associated with my application are
stored in the system registry's HKEY_CURRENT_US ER section)

When the xml file and news folder are created by my application running
under Windows XP, the new folder and the xml file have permissions set for
Everyone to read and write to the file and folder by default.

When the xml file and new folder are created by my application running under
Windows 2000, the new folder and xml file cannot be written to by Everyone,
only read.

Is there a way to change the permissions programmaticall y for file and
folders created by the application when running under Windows 2000 to behave
like Windows XP?

Thanks,

Dennis

[Dennis C. Drumm]

Correction:

The XP machine I was looking at apparently has a corrupted All Users
profile. Other XP machines I test on have the same schema as the W2K
machines, i.e. the user must have at least a member of the Power User group
to write to a file and folder in the All Users Application Data folder.

Is it the default behavior of the All Users Application Data folder to
restrict write access for all members of the User group and Everyone group?
I would have thought that the All Users profile was for all users.

Dennis

"Dennis C. Drumm" <dc******@commu nity.nospam> wrote in message
news:uX******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...

I use the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on Data\AppName folder
to store xml settings that are applicable to all user who log onto a
machine. (The uers personal settings associated with my application are
stored in the system registry's HKEY_CURRENT_US ER section)

When the xml file and news folder are created by my application running
under Windows XP, the new folder and the xml file have permissions set for
Everyone to read and write to the file and folder by default.

When the xml file and new folder are created by my application running
under Windows 2000, the new folder and xml file cannot be written to by
Everyone, only read.

Is there a way to change the permissions programmaticall y for file and
folders created by the application when running under Windows 2000 to
behave like Windows XP?

Thanks,

Dennis

[Dennis C. Drumm]

Correction:

The XP machine I was looking at apparently has a corrupted All Users
profile. Other XP machines I test on have the same schema as the W2K
machines, i.e. the user must have at least a member of the Power User group
to write to a file and folder in the All Users Application Data folder.

Is it the default behavior of the All Users Application Data folder to
restrict write access for all members of the User group and Everyone group?
I would have thought that the All Users profile was for all users.

Dennis

"Dennis C. Drumm" <dc******@commu nity.nospam> wrote in message
news:uX******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...

I use the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on Data\AppName folder
to store xml settings that are applicable to all user who log onto a
machine. (The uers personal settings associated with my application are
stored in the system registry's HKEY_CURRENT_US ER section)

When the xml file and news folder are created by my application running
under Windows XP, the new folder and the xml file have permissions set for
Everyone to read and write to the file and folder by default.

When the xml file and new folder are created by my application running
under Windows 2000, the new folder and xml file cannot be written to by
Everyone, only read.

Is there a way to change the permissions programmaticall y for file and
folders created by the application when running under Windows 2000 to
behave like Windows XP?

Thanks,

Dennis

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Dennis,

In Windows 2000 and XP, it is by default that only Administrator and Power
user can write to the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on
Data\AppName folder. To change the permission, I suggest you check the
following KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;818362

Kevin Yu
=======
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rights."

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Dennis,

In Windows 2000 and XP, it is by default that only Administrator and Power
user can write to the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on
Data\AppName folder. To change the permission, I suggest you check the
following KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;818362

Kevin Yu
=======
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

[Dennis C. Drumm]

Kevin

Thanks for the reference.

That would work great for me, but neither of the two com dll's are strong
named.

Since my application is strong named (and all the dll's it refences), when I
include these refernces in my application, add the method in the example and
try to compile, I get an Assembly generation failed message, the refernced
assembly 'Interop.Active Ds' and 'Interop.ADSSEC URITYLib' does not have a
strong name.

Is there some way to work around or correct this problem?

Thanks,

Dennis
"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-****@online.mic rosoft.com> wrote in message
news:Ap******** *****@TK2MSFTNG XA01.phx.gbl...

Hi Dennis,

In Windows 2000 and XP, it is by default that only Administrator and Power
user can write to the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on
Data\AppName folder. To change the permission, I suggest you check the
following KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;818362

Kevin Yu
=======
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

[Dennis C. Drumm]

Kevin

Thanks for the reference.

That would work great for me, but neither of the two com dll's are strong
named.

Since my application is strong named (and all the dll's it refences), when I
include these refernces in my application, add the method in the example and
try to compile, I get an Assembly generation failed message, the refernced
assembly 'Interop.Active Ds' and 'Interop.ADSSEC URITYLib' does not have a
strong name.

Is there some way to work around or correct this problem?

Thanks,

Dennis
"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-****@online.mic rosoft.com> wrote in message
news:Ap******** *****@TK2MSFTNG XA01.phx.gbl...

Hi Dennis,

In Windows 2000 and XP, it is by default that only Administrator and Power
user can write to the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on
Data\AppName folder. To change the permission, I suggest you check the
following KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;818362

Kevin Yu
=======
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

[Dennis C. Drumm]

Keven:

I just found MS Article 313666 which describes how to correct this issue.

Thanks so much for the help,

Dennis
"Dennis C. Drumm" <dc******@commu nity.nospam> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..

Kevin

Thanks for the reference.

That would work great for me, but neither of the two com dll's are strong
named.

Since my application is strong named (and all the dll's it refences), when
I include these refernces in my application, add the method in the example
and try to compile, I get an Assembly generation failed message, the
refernced assembly 'Interop.Active Ds' and 'Interop.ADSSEC URITYLib' does
not have a strong name.

Is there some way to work around or correct this problem?

Thanks,

Dennis
"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-****@online.mic rosoft.com> wrote in message
news:Ap******** *****@TK2MSFTNG XA01.phx.gbl...

Hi Dennis,

In Windows 2000 and XP, it is by default that only Administrator and
Power
user can write to the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on
Data\AppName folder. To change the permission, I suggest you check the
following KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;818362

Kevin Yu
=======
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

[Dennis C. Drumm]

Keven:

I just found MS Article 313666 which describes how to correct this issue.

Thanks so much for the help,

Dennis
"Dennis C. Drumm" <dc******@commu nity.nospam> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..

Kevin

Thanks for the reference.

That would work great for me, but neither of the two com dll's are strong
named.

Since my application is strong named (and all the dll's it refences), when
I include these refernces in my application, add the method in the example
and try to compile, I get an Assembly generation failed message, the
refernced assembly 'Interop.Active Ds' and 'Interop.ADSSEC URITYLib' does
not have a strong name.

Is there some way to work around or correct this problem?

Thanks,

Dennis
"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-****@online.mic rosoft.com> wrote in message
news:Ap******** *****@TK2MSFTNG XA01.phx.gbl...

Hi Dennis,

In Windows 2000 and XP, it is by default that only Administrator and
Power
user can write to the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on
Data\AppName folder. To change the permission, I suggest you check the
following KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;818362

Kevin Yu
=======
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

[Dennis C. Drumm]

Keven:

Another thought, what if the user is using FAT file system instead of NTFS
for a WIN2X or WINXP machine?

Thanks,

Dennis
"Dennis C. Drumm" <dc******@commu nity.nospam> wrote in message
news:ur******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

Keven:

I just found MS Article 313666 which describes how to correct this issue.

Thanks so much for the help,

Dennis
"Dennis C. Drumm" <dc******@commu nity.nospam> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..

Kevin

Thanks for the reference.

That would work great for me, but neither of the two com dll's are strong
named.

Since my application is strong named (and all the dll's it refences),
when I include these refernces in my application, add the method in the
example and try to compile, I get an Assembly generation failed message,
the refernced assembly 'Interop.Active Ds' and 'Interop.ADSSEC URITYLib'
does not have a strong name.

Is there some way to work around or correct this problem?

Thanks,

Dennis
"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-****@online.mic rosoft.com> wrote in message
news:Ap******** *****@TK2MSFTNG XA01.phx.gbl...

Hi Dennis,

In Windows 2000 and XP, it is by default that only Administrator and
Power
user can write to the Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicati on
Data\AppName folder. To change the permission, I suggest you check the
following KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;818362

Kevin Yu
=======
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."