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> Justine
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> 2016-02-01 17:55 GMT+01:00 Ben Coman <[hidden email]>:
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>> >> To: [hidden email]
>> >> From: [hidden email]
>> >> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:27:37 +0100
>> >> Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Problem to open Pharo 50 on Windows
>> >>
>> >> On 31-01-16 18:55, Franck Warlouzet wrote:
>> >> > I tried to help Justine a bit, but I have the same OS, the same VM,
>> >> > the
>> >> > same image, the same sources and it works for me but not for her,
>> >>
>> >> Which OS & update version, in what directories is it installed?
>> >>
>> >> Stephan
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>>
>> > On 31 Jan 2016, at 22:05, Franck Warlouzet <[hidden email]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > For my case, windows 10, latest I assume. Installed on the desktop (in
>> > several directories, I'm organized).
>> >
>> > Do you think it could be an admin rights issue if it is installed in
>> > protected directories in Justine's case ?
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > it has to be… otherwise I cannot imagine what it can be :(
>>
>> One thing to consider...  if the Image was installed into a protected
>> folder by an administrator, and then opened and then saved by a
>> standard-user, Windows presents *very* strange and *misleading*
>> behaviour,
>> which I describe here...
>>
>> http://forum.world.st/FEEDBACK-Install-Pharo-on-Windows-td4733900.html#a4740803
>>
>> Basically, the files installed into Window's protected folders *must*
>> be read only, or all hell breaks loose :).  When the standard-user
>> tries to write to Pharo.image in the protected folder, Windows (ever
>> soooo helpful) doesn't complain but *silently* takes a shadow copy of
>> the protected folder into the standard-user's folder which can be
>> written to. It then *transparently* makes it seem like the file in the
>> original location was updated, for that user.  The same happens for
>> other users so that for a single file location (e.g.
>> "C:\..\protected\Pharo.image") each user sees different data.
>>
>> Should the original file be *really* updated by an administrator
>> installing an upgrade, the standard-users don't see the change.  They
>> still see only their own custom unique shadow version of Pharo.image.
>> This is really *evil* behaviour, so its good to share from this info
>> from time to time, even if its not the cause in this case.
>>
>> btw, you can easily confirm this yourself just using notepad to edit a
>> protected txt file while switching a few times between Admin and
>> Standard-User accounts.  Some things have to be seen to be believed.
>>
>> cheers -ben
>>
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