From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Trouble saving to the emacs file dir under Windows
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:34:51 +0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8XzgJZZbofynzYW4XfFzOBgUrO9fY=0Q2UDy8hp8=KYGg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e920b1a4-eb5e-4ce4-99b6-b45948d9829f@googlegroups.com>
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:14 AM, Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com> wrote:
> The read only check box is not marked so chmod won't help me here. My installer module adds a line to the dir file pointing to a new folder created inside c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs-*. I managed to manually change the read only status of the file "dir" by right clicking on "dir" and choosing "Properties", then clicking on "Security" and clicking on Users (DAVINPEARSON/Users) and clicking on the box: allow full control.
You are trying to solve some user problem, and you think modifying a
system-wide file is part of the solution. So you are asking for ways
to modify the system-wide file while running under the user’s account.
The Program Files directory on Windows and the /usr directory on *nix
are protected from modification by users for a reason.
Please describe the wider problem in terms of the user and the user’s
actions and expectations, so that others could help you solve it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-14 6:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-13 1:26 Trouble saving to the emacs file dir under Windows Davin Pearson
2016-06-13 3:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1408.1465789707.1216.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-06-13 7:39 ` Davin Pearson
2016-06-13 8:00 ` Yuri Khan
2016-06-13 13:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1431.1465826221.1216.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-06-14 0:14 ` Davin Pearson
2016-06-14 6:34 ` Yuri Khan [this message]
2016-06-14 15:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1493.1465917237.1216.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-06-15 0:34 ` Davin Pearson
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