vista and UNC paths and mapped drives
Hi,
My application is stored on our network in a location K:\path\to\app.exe. each user double clicks on the exe and installs right off the network.
In vista when you do this instead of launching K:\path\to\app.exe it changes the command to a \\servername\share\ format, \\server01\path\to\app.exe. Unfortunatly for legacy reasons it will only work with a drive letter and not the UNC path.
So before I look at changing the app's code, Is there a way to get past this in Vista RC1 ?
Thanks
Shane
Hay Guys
The same problem is facing by me while runing my windows application in UNC path.
My application is deployed on web server on Windows 2003 server. It's not functioning correctly/completely when i am calling the application from client m/c having Windows - vista (RTM).
Here the problem is AppSettingsReader is not reading app.config file & returning null values. Since it's depends on the configurable items it's not functioning correctly.
Thanks & Regards
M.Venkateswarlu
Hi,
i've the same Problem with MSI and the End Version of Vista. The Source Path, Intsallation Path... are stored with UNC Path not with the Drive Letter. This happens, if I Install my Aplication with Admin Privilegs. if I install my Aplication with user Privilegs, the Drive Letter with Path will stored correctly in the registry.
Is the UAC disabled, the Path will correctly stored with the Drive Letter in the Registry.
Is this an UAC Problem, or a Feature?
SF
