Is there a way to allow members of the groups "Users" and "Power
Users" access to 16 bit apps (instead of using "Run As") by the way of
a GPO ?

I have a game my 4 yr old son likes to play and it runs fine under an
account with Administrator privaleges but when I change the account to
a User or Power User I get an error that it can't run a 16 bit app and
it points to his temp directory in his local settings directory.

"proteanthread" <rtdos@rtdos.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to allow members of the groups "Users" and "Power
> Users" access to 16 bit apps (instead of using "Run As") by the way of
> a GPO ?
>
> I have a game my 4 yr old son likes to play and it runs fine under an
> account with Administrator privaleges but when I change the account to
> a User or Power User I get an error that it can't run a 16 bit app and
> it points to his temp directory in his local settings directory.
>

What exactly is the error message? Especially the part about
the temp directory?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> What exactly is the error message? Especially the part about
> the temp directory?
>

(from memory) 16 BIT Windows Subsystem: C:\DOCUM~1\TURBOKID\LOCALS~1\TEMP.
WINDOWS CANNOT CREATE OR LOCATE THE TEMP FILE NEEDED TO RUN APPLICATION.

I do not get this error when account is setup as an administrator on when
account is setup as a Power User or User.

"ProteanThread" <ProteanThread@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7FD0801-3AB6-4C6F-ADF6-0282BBE5CD39@microsoft.com...
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>>
>> What exactly is the error message? Especially the part about
>> the temp directory?
>>
>
> (from memory) 16 BIT Windows Subsystem: C:\DOCUM~1\TURBOKID\LOCALS~1\TEMP.
> WINDOWS CANNOT CREATE OR LOCATE THE TEMP FILE NEEDED TO RUN APPLICATION.
>
> I do not get this error when account is setup as an administrator on when
> account is setup as a Power User or User.
>

I would check the permission structure of the temp directory.
You could also create your own temp directory, e.g. C:\temp,
give "everyone" full access to it and instruct Windows to use
it (Control Panel / System / Advanced / Environmental Variables).

"proteanthread" wrote in message
news:1193343962.872044.300680@57g2000hsv.googlegro ups.com...
> Is there a way to allow members of the groups "Users" and "Power
> Users" access to 16 bit apps (instead of using "Run As") by the way
> of
> a GPO ?
>
> I have a game my 4 yr old son likes to play and it runs fine under
> an
> account with Administrator privaleges but when I change the account
> to
> a User or Power User I get an error that it can't run a 16 bit app
> and
> it points to his temp directory in his local settings directory.
>


Tried running the game under a compatibility mode for an older version
of Windows? Right-click on the shortcut, Properties, Compatibility
tab. Or use Start -> Help and Support and search on "compatibility".

On Oct 25, 11:08 pm, "VanguardLH" <Vanguar...@mail.invalid> wrote:
>
> Tried running the game under a compatibility mode for an older version
> of Windows? Right-click on the shortcut, Properties, Compatibility
> tab. Or use Start -> Help and Support and search on "compatibility".

Tried that.

On Oct 25, 4:26 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote:
>
> I would check the permission structure of the temp directory.
> You could also create your own temp directory, e.g. C:\temp,
> give "everyone" full access to it and instruct Windows to use
> it (Control Panel / System / Advanced / Environmental Variables).

Tried that.

"proteanthread" wrote ...
>
> "VanguardLH" wrote:
>>
>> Tried running the game under a compatibility mode for an older
>> version
>> of Windows? Right-click on the shortcut, Properties, Compatibility
>> tab. Or use Start -> Help and Support and search on
>> "compatibility".
>
> Tried that.

Before or after my suggestion. If after, did trying that work or not?


Some programs will not run under a non-admin account. That is how
they were coded. You will need to discuss the problem with whomever
wrote this unidentified game or maybe find a forum of users of that
unidentified game. Since you are playing a 16-bit game, which maybe
thinks it should be ran under DOS, you can't make it work unless it
has a configuration option to change its default behavior.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893677/en-us

On Oct 29, 6:11 pm, "VanguardLH" <Vanguar...@mail.invalid> wrote:
> "proteanthread" wrote ...
>
>
>
> > "VanguardLH" wrote:
>
> >> Tried running the game under a compatibility mode for an older
> >> version
> >> of Windows? Right-click on the shortcut, Properties, Compatibility
> >> tab. Or use Start -> Help and Support and search on
> >> "compatibility".
>
> > Tried that.
>
> Before or after my suggestion. If after, did trying that work or not?
>
> Some programs will not run under a non-admin account. That is how
> they were coded. You will need to discuss the problem with whomever
> wrote this unidentified game or maybe find a forum of users of that
> unidentified game. Since you are playing a 16-bit game, which maybe
> thinks it should be ran under DOS, you can't make it work unless it
> has a configuration option to change its default behavior.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893677/en-us

After your suggestion.

but that link that helped, thanks.