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3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only.

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Three Windows problems, unrelated to Eudora, that happened along the way
when trying to update Eudora, 

Only for win11 or did I somehow not encounter them in win10? 

1) I copied over all the Eudora files from a working computer, and
that's enough to make it work, but in order for Eudora to be in the list
of installed programs, so that it can be set to be the program that gets
called when one clicks on an email address in a web browser, for
example, it has to be installed too. 

The install program, Eudora_7.1.0.9, that I have used 5 or 10 times
since 2010, would not work.  Message said "blocked by an administrator".
I'm the only administrator.  No way provided to override.  Downloaded
another copy from a trusted source (apparently some have adware in them)
and got same message.   Tried a) setting it to run as administrator, b)
increasing permissions from the file's Properties screen, and c) turning
off UAC (including restarting Windows after doing that). Nothing worked.
Finally read a suggestion to start a CMD box with administrative powers
and run the installer from there. That worked fine.

One person suggested I change the settings to allow non-MS programs to
be run, but they were already set to from Anywhere, which appears to be
the default since my other two computers are set that way, and I never
changed them. 

How was this file blocked?  Is it on a list of "bad programs" or is
there something in the file that Windows looks for and decides it should
be blocked? 

What other files are blocked?   And would this have happened in win10?
Well I know it wouldn't because I ran this very program in two win10
boxes, about a year ago.  

2) Can't create a subdirectory, no matter what name I choose, in
C:\Programs.  This is not Program Files or Program Files (x86) and I
thought the name would mean nothing special to Windows, but is
C:\Programs now a protected directory? 

3) Can't copy files, (updated files to make Eudora work slightly
better), to C:\Programs\Eudora.  Is this the same problem as problem 2
above?   Is it that only installation programs can move or copy files
into a Programs sub-directory?  And what makes an installation program
move/copy different from a File manager move/copy?  If I write a bat
file to move/copy these files, would that work?  Or does it have to be
compiled?  

The first time I used a 3rd-party file manager, so I switched to File
Explorer.  Either way, first it wants one to click on the button with
the Administrator logo (and you think doing this means you're home free)
then the moving graph starts and after one program has seemingly moved,
according to the graph, it again complains, iirc that it doesn't know
the author of the files I want to copy, or maybe that's just a side
comment and no reason is given, and provides no suggested alternative to
copy them.  Way to go, MS!

I have a feeling, and I'll try it later, I could get around problems 2
and 3 in the same way I did problem 1, in a CMD box (with elevated
powers??).  If so, does MS ever tell people about this limitation and
how to get around it?  Or they just leave people in a quandary? 

It's a good thing I still know DOS commands. I bet anyone under 50
doesn't know them, probably doesn't even know DOS exists, and that's
most people. So what do they do?  

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3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only.  micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-23 11:27 -0500
  Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-23 13:07 -0500
    Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-23 13:42 -0500
  Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-23 13:39 -0500
    Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-25 18:15 -0500
  Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-23 12:10 -0700
    Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-25 18:20 -0500
      Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-27 13:57 -0700
        Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. John Hall <john_nospam@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-02-28 10:05 +0000
          Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-03-01 19:58 +1100
        Re: 3 new proglems, probably in Win 11 only. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-10 10:27 -0400

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