Vista Software question

JohnB256 is barking up the right tree but doesn't quite have it...

It is when Aurora attempts to write to its own directory (configuration files, log files, etc.) that UAC complains.  The current MS approved notation for such data is supposed to be kept in "C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Vendor Name\Program Name\".  Aurora doesn't do this and instead just stores them in the same directory as the exe (we chose to do it this way to make tech support easier before we knew about the UAC issue).  UAC doesn't like it.  It is a very poor/weak security that UAC uses though... I've heard (but havent tried it) that if the program is installed somewhere outside the Program Files heirachy (e.g. "C:\Aurora") then UAC doesn't even do this check at all.

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