(not bug) cannot read/write ini in Win7

[Alextp]

New computer, Win7 RTM installed and TC 7.5 pack copied from flash

Written in registry location of ini (in the tc folder), but tc starts as no ini exists- with default settings. after attempt to change settings it shows msg
"Cannot write D:\My Program Files\Total Commander\wincmd.ini!"

so it starts with corrects ini but cannot read/write ini.
turning UAC off, running as admin, all doesn't help.

[ghisler(Author)]

Normal users aren't allowed to write under "Program files". Either install TC in d:\Totalcmd as suggested by the installer, or choose a different location for the ini files during installation, where you have write rights.

[MVV]

Also you may edit permissions for wincmd.ini and allow its writing for all users.

[sEXEcutor]

Alextp reposted my problem from russian forum.

Normal users aren't allowed to write under "Program files"

D:\My Program Files is NOT %PROGRAMFILES% directory, I've created it.

Also you may edit permissions for wincmd.ini and allow its writing for all users.

It doesn't help.

[Balderstrom]

What's in the registry key: HKU\Software\Ghisler\

FtpIniName = %APPDATA%\¤TC\wcx_ftp.ini
IniFileName = %APPDATA%\¤TC\wincmd.ini
InstallDir = C:\Program Files\TotalCMD

No quotes around any KeyValues and REG_SZ's

And I edited that after the initial install to fix the "GHISLER" path, so I could get rid of the junction and put the ¤TC folder to the top of the Application Data. So you should be able to just edit the value(s) to:

D:\My Program Files\TotalCMD\wcx_ftp.ini
D:\My Program Files\TotalCMD\wincmd.ini
D:\My Program Files\TotalCMD

Or something similiar.

[sEXEcutor]

2Balderstrom
Already done, TC shows right path in message "Cannot write D:\My Program Files\Total Commander\wincmd.ini!"

Yeah, before registry changes TC looked for wincmd.ini in %UserDir% and created there a new one, so it can't find (or read?) wincmd.ini in it's own directory.
This TC pack works ok on old computer with Windows 7 build 7127.

[Balderstrom]

I would try changing the path, to see if it's some strange Win7 quirk with things named "Program Files"...

So put it in D:\Apps\TotalCMD\
update the registry as such, and see if there's still the write failure?

[MVV]

Alextp reposted my problem from russian forum.

Normal users aren't allowed to write under "Program files"

D:\My Program Files is NOT %PROGRAMFILES% directory, I've created it.

Also you may edit permissions for wincmd.ini and allow its writing for all users.

It doesn't help.

It helps if TC folder is write-protected. I have TC folder write-protected for security reasons, just some ini-files has full permissions, and all work fine.

Do you have TC installed in D:\My Program Files\Total Commander? Check Help\About menu command, there TC shows current ini paths. Can you change and save changes in this files with Notepad for example?

[sEXEcutor]

The answer was in Balderstrom's words:

No quotes around any KeyValues and REG_SZ's

After first start TC didn't get wincmd.ini and created a new one in %UserDir%. I'm a lazy man so I used an application named TCDir for changing paths in registry. TCDir changed them but WITH quotes. As I remember, this app worked good with old versions with TC, so I didn't check changes.
After correcting values all works ok.

Gentlemen, it's not a bug. Thanks to all!

PS Now I know about official tool inireloc.

[Hacker]

[mod]Moved to the English forum.

Hacker (Moderator)[/mod]