Topic: AutoCAD as administrator Win_8

[TopoWAR]

Hello everyone! I have a question, maybe one of you help me! I've noticed q now in windows 8 if autocad is not started as administrator Lisp can not even create a folder in program files, you must start the autocad as administrator, although the session windows is an administrator, the question is : no way to know if the autocad lisp is started as administrator?

something better than this??

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(if (null (vl-mkdir "c:\\prueba"))
(alert "no admin")
)
as always thanks

[GDF]

I just loaded AutoCAD 15 at home on Windows 8...a BIG difference from AutoCAD12 on Windows 7






a pain in the ass

[snownut2]

I believe that's more of a windows issue then an ACAD issue, although it rears its ugly head whenever you try to write or update a file.  You must make the directory you are trying to write to a read & write directory in windows.

I use the attached batch file to unlock (make writeable) the specified directories. (works windows 7, should also work in windows 8, since its a dos function)

To use the attached file, rename to a .bat file then double click on it.

[TopoWAR]

snownut , Thanks, this may work for the files, the other issue is, whether autocad is started as administrator or not? but I point out that DOS_lib libraries has a work to change the attribute to files, the problem is to do it from autocad win_8 is ridiculous that the windows feel this admin user I have to say to start programs as an administrator, ridiculous, crap of win_8

[cmwade77]

snownut , Thanks, this may work for the files, the other issue is, whether autocad is started as administrator or not? but I point out that DOS_lib libraries has a work to change the attribute to files, the problem is to do it from autocad win_8 is ridiculous that the windows feel this admin user I have to say to start programs as an administrator, ridiculous, crap of win_8

Actually, this is the way a secure operating system should have always behaved (look at Linux, etc.)

Bottom line is non-administrative users shouldn't be able to write to system directories (something that Program Files technically is). Best practices dictate that you really should be writing to a different folder than the folder that AutoCAD is installed to.

[TopoWAR]

cmwade77 , not only happening in autocad folder, any folder happens, I disagree with you, if the user account is administrator for blocking script files ? is assumed that the administrator account is !!! It's silly, I agree on accounts other than administrator, these programs are not allowed to ercribir, but in a program administrator that do not have write permissions is illogical

I think the windows should tell the program to write, because I'm in a session as an administrator, is simple !!!

[cmwade77]

No, you should always have to enter a password to write to system folders, of course Windows should ask for the password when writing to a system folder, but that's another story.

But as for folders that you should be able to write to without needing administrator privileges:
Temp
Documents
Desktop

And of course any subfolders withing these folders.