Computer Question

[Moonlight]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Psssst! There's another way to do it. Over at Softpedia they have a prograom called Grant Admin Full Control. It even gives you an Explorer right-click context menu item, grant admin full control (of course!).

So you go to your SH4 directory, get into the moddable files, right-click them one by one and select grant admin full control (say that 10 times really fast). That frees up those files for your editing without editing as administrator.

I don't know that it's any easier, but it does allow you to edit using any software you wish without opening the editor as administrator. Maybe you'd be using Notepad for some things, WinMerge for others, or my favorite, Notepad++ (don't even think about it, OF COURSE these are free. I hesitate to use commercial software when the free stuff is as good or better).

You must remember that I'm an Ubuntu Linux user and EXPECT the best stuff in life to be free.

Less money for important stuff means more money available for GAMES!

There is a simpler way to bypass the UAC security problem and that is to take ownership of the Ubisoft directory.
Find the install of SH4, my example is D:\Program Files(x86)\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific. Right-click the Ubisoft folder and select properties, select the Security tab at the top, and then select Users (your name-PC\Users), it will show you in the Permissions for Users section if you have got full control of it or not. If you haven't, select the Edit tab and select the Users (your name-PC\Users) again and then select Full control, make sure everything is ticked except the Special permissions box and select Apply. That should stop all the UAC nonsense from your Win7 OS, you should only do this for software that you trust though, so be careful how you use this feature.

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by Moonlight

There is a simpler way to bypass the UAC security problem and that is to take ownership of the Ubisoft directory.
Find the install of SH4, my example is D:\Program Files(x86)\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific. Right-click the Ubisoft folder and select properties, select the Security tab at the top, and then select Users (your name-PC\Users), it will show you in the Permissions for Users section if you have got full control of it or not. If you haven't, select the Edit tab and select the Users (your name-PC\Users) again and then select Full control, make sure everything is ticked except the Special permissions box and select Apply. That should stop all the UAC nonsense from your Win7 OS, you should only do this for software that you trust though, so be careful how you use this feature.

OOOO, that's an exact analog of how we do it in Linux! I always turn UAC off in Win 7 and rely on other protection schemes. You can do that in Control Panel.

I can't wait for all these game companies to realize that when you have a free operating system (that IS ready for prime time!) and free system and utility software that people are left with lots more money to buy games. The lack of games is the only thing holding Linux back. Even Apple OSX is Linux/Unix based because it really is much more robust. When I play Counterstrike Source on Steam in Linux I don't notice any difference from the Windows version except that I have more FPS in Linux.

Interestingly, in Ubuntu, I leave protection on and do your procedure above or do the sudo thing in a terminal, or you can do a sudo terminal, or............. I guess when I'm in Windows I have a Windows user mindset!

[HertogJan]

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