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Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins

From	Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject	Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins
Date	2011-12-09 13:37 +0000
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On 08/12/2011 17:35, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
> Deanna Earley<dee.earley@icode.co.uk>  wrote in
>> Your original problem is most likely because there is a copy of
>> the addins ini file in the Windows "Compatability files" folder
>> (there is a button on the Explorer toolbar).
>
> I checked it. Start in admin mode, the custom addin shows up. Start
> without it, custom addin isn't there. I hate Win7. Nearly as much
> as every other version of Windows.

I know, the non elevated version is reading the copy in the 
compatibility files folder instead of the one in the Windows folder 
itself (because VB6 was not written using MS's own guidelines and is not 
fully Windows Vista/7 compatible).

Have you tried editing that or are you ignoring it out of stubbornness?

-- 
Deanna Earley (dee.earley@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team
http://www.icode.co.uk/icatcher/

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VB 6/Windows 7 addins Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2011-12-07 16:59 -0700
  Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 11:00 +0000
    Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 08:05 -0700
      Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 16:32 +0000
        Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 10:35 -0700
          Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 13:37 +0000
            Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-09 15:00 +0000
              Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 15:16 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Mike Williams <robinloxley22@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 00:47 -0800
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-12 09:47 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-12 13:37 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-13 21:59 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-09 16:53 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-09 23:27 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-09 23:44 +0000
            Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2011-12-09 07:56 -0700

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