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Post by nonameneeded on Mar 5, 2024 5:51:56 GMT -8
Ok, I've just created a patch for Desktop Architect.
What it does is that it will enable all the XP compatibility layers but without the need to run the application as an admin (it runs as invoker instead).
For me it does not need be run as admin anyway. Just with normal XP compat level.
Also, to run it as invoker you csimply can add RunAsInvoker to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers
But by using XP compat level, you need to run it as admin, that's why you get the UAC prompt. You can add RunAsInvoker as well, yes, but you will still get the UAC prompt, because "run as administrator" is kind of baked into the XP compat mode.
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Post by anixx on Mar 5, 2024 6:15:22 GMT -8
For me it does not need be run as admin anyway. Just with normal XP compat level.
Also, to run it as invoker you csimply can add RunAsInvoker to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers
But by using XP compat level, you need to run it as admin, that's why you get the UAC prompt. You can add RunAsInvoker as well, yes, but you will still get the UAC prompt, because "run as administrator" is kind of baked into the XP compat mode.
Oh, I see. Then just use WIN2000 compat layer.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Desktop Architect\\da.exe"="WIN2000"
No UAC.
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Post by nonameneeded on Mar 5, 2024 6:21:20 GMT -8
Oh.
Well, that's possible too, yes.
So creating that patch was a waste of time actually.
I guess I should have tried Win2000 compat mode first.
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NovaDelta
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Post by NovaDelta on Mar 5, 2024 16:18:11 GMT -8
Also, I dont know if this has anything that JASmin doesnt have
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Post by nonameneeded on Mar 5, 2024 16:22:01 GMT -8
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Post by anixx on Mar 5, 2024 20:27:26 GMT -8
Oh. Well, that's possible too, yes. So creating that patch was a waste of time actually. I guess I should have tried Win2000 compat mode first. With this refistry place yu can do everything you can do with that kind of compat database, actually. The database is useful only if the path to the executable is variable or not known. |
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Post by nonameneeded on Mar 5, 2024 21:00:55 GMT -8
Well not really.
With the tool I used (Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit, which no longer works on Windows 10) you can do a lot more since you can choose every compatibility shim separately.
So you could use a few Win98 compatibility settings, combine them with some from NT4 etc.
Something like this can make sense if you find that a problem is fixed with say the Win98 compat mode, but the Win98 compat mode also conjures up new problems, which you didn't have without the comp mode so you would run the compatibility toolkit and you would only choose the settings that fix the problem but avoid the settings that cause the problem and then you could save that as a sdb file and apply it.
In addition it's also practical if you want to use a compat mode but without the requirement to run the application as admin.
So there are a lot of things you could never do by just setting compat modes in the registry.
(but of course in this specific case it really wouldn't have been necessary since it's good enough to just use Win2000 compat mode)
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Post by anixx on Mar 5, 2024 21:41:30 GMT -8
Well not really. With the tool I used (Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit, which no longer works on Windows 10) you can do a lot more since you can choose every compatibility shim separately. With that registry place you can also. Such as RunAsInvokker or anything else |
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zeezee
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Post by zeezee on Mar 15, 2024 11:30:26 GMT -8
I'm having problems with this one, when I attempt to apply a theme, icons and sounds are not affected,
do any of you know what could be causing this?
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium.
Thanks!
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kirta
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Post by kirta on Mar 20, 2024 12:26:24 GMT -8
last version is broken for me
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