Installation problems
Summary
1. The option to
"Create IrfanView shortcut in Start Menu Programs | For all users"
doesn't work and has the same effect as
"Create IrfanView shortcut in Start Menu Programs | For current user only"
2. The option
"Set INI file folder: | User's Application data folder"
works only for the Administrator (or the user who installed the program) and leads to some kind of "unpredictable results" for other users.
The option
"Set INI file folder: | IrfanView folder"
works as before and needs the same workarounds as before to have one's settings preserved.
Details
Using WinXP Pro SP2
Installed IrfanView 4.20 as Administrator with the following options:
- Create IrfanView shortcut in Start Menu Programs
- For all users
- nothing from Google
- Set INI file folder: User's Application data folder
Results:
- The program group for IrfanView is created in the wrong folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs
instead of
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
So, when I logged as "Laurent" with a limited account, there was no IrfanView group in the start menu.
- Working as Administrator, the file i_view32.ini is correctly written into
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\IrfanView
- When I logged as "Laurent", my settings weren't preserved. I got an error message saying
"Cannot save the settings; check if i_view32.ini is writable."
There is no file i_view32.ini in the user's folder
C:\Documents and Settings\Laurent\Application Data\IrfanView
(this folder already existed as I previously used IrfanView to set a wallpaper).
Logged as "Administrator" and gave full control on the file
C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32.ini
to the goup "Users" (user "Laurent" is member of the group "Users")
Results:
- no more error message, but no one setting is preserved.
Uninstalled and reinstalled IrfanView with these options:
- Create IrfanView shortcut in Start Menu Programs
- For current user only
- nothing from Google
- Set INI file folder: IrfanView folder
Results:
- The IrfanView Program Group is again created into
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs
So, what matters the creation of the sortcut, choosing "For all users" or "For current user only" makes no difference.
- Working as Administrator settings are preserved into the file
C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32.ini
I then gave Users full control over i_view32.ini and logged back as "Laurent"
- My settings as normal (limited) user are now preserved.
Conclusions
See the summary above
Laurent
Summary
1. The option to
"Create IrfanView shortcut in Start Menu Programs | For all users"
doesn't work and has the same effect as
"Create IrfanView shortcut in Start Menu Programs | For current user only"
2. The option
"Set INI file folder: | User's Application data folder"
works only for the Administrator (or the user who installed the program) and leads to some kind of "unpredictable results" for other users.
The option
"Set INI file folder: | IrfanView folder"
works as before and needs the same workarounds as before to have one's settings preserved.
Details
Using WinXP Pro SP2
Installed IrfanView 4.20 as Administrator with the following options:
- Create IrfanView shortcut in Start Menu Programs
- For all users
- nothing from Google
- Set INI file folder: User's Application data folder
Results:
- The program group for IrfanView is created in the wrong folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs
instead of
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
So, when I logged as "Laurent" with a limited account, there was no IrfanView group in the start menu.
- Working as Administrator, the file i_view32.ini is correctly written into
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\IrfanView
- When I logged as "Laurent", my settings weren't preserved. I got an error message saying
"Cannot save the settings; check if i_view32.ini is writable."
There is no file i_view32.ini in the user's folder
C:\Documents and Settings\Laurent\Application Data\IrfanView
(this folder already existed as I previously used IrfanView to set a wallpaper).
Logged as "Administrator" and gave full control on the file
C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32.ini
to the goup "Users" (user "Laurent" is member of the group "Users")
Results:
- no more error message, but no one setting is preserved.
Uninstalled and reinstalled IrfanView with these options:
- Create IrfanView shortcut in Start Menu Programs
- For current user only
- nothing from Google
- Set INI file folder: IrfanView folder
Results:
- The IrfanView Program Group is again created into
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs
So, what matters the creation of the sortcut, choosing "For all users" or "For current user only" makes no difference.
- Working as Administrator settings are preserved into the file
C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32.ini
I then gave Users full control over i_view32.ini and logged back as "Laurent"
- My settings as normal (limited) user are now preserved.
Conclusions
See the summary above
Laurent
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