I recently reformatted my hard disk and re-installed Windows 7, AutoIt and SciTE, and when I edit the au3.properties file, I get errors trying to save it. It turns out that everything in the AutoIt folder and below is write protected. I tried changing the AutoIt/SciTE folder's properties and marked everything as Not Read-only, but I still couldn't create/edit files there.
I was running Windows 7 before the hard disk crapped out, and I was able to modify the au3.propertied file with no problem.
Apparently you had UAC turned off in your previous Windows installation but
you left it on in the current one which makes program installation folders
protected. Either comply and edit your scripts in a writable place like
your profile directory or turn UAC off to roam free aagain ;-)
Dne 20.9.2012 0:38 "AndyS01" <andys...@gmail.com> napsal(a):
> I recently reformatted my hard disk and re-installed Windows 7, AutoIt and
> SciTE, and when I edit the au3.properties file, I get errors trying to save
> it. It turns out that everything in the AutoIt folder and below is write
> protected. I tried changing the AutoIt/SciTE folder's properties and
> marked everything as Not Read-only, but I still couldn't create/edit files
> there.
> I was running Windows 7 before the hard disk crapped out, and I was able
> to modify the au3.propertied file with no problem.
> Can anyone suggest a way out of this?
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> I recently reformatted my hard disk and re-installed Windows 7, AutoIt and SciTE, and when I edit the au3.properties file, I get errors trying to save it. It turns out that everything in the AutoIt folder and below is write protected. I tried changing the AutoIt/SciTE folder's properties and marked everything as Not Read-only, but I still couldn't create/edit files there.
> I was running Windows 7 before the hard disk crapped out, and I was able to modify the au3.propertied file with no problem.
> Can anyone suggest a way out of this?
Personally, I just put my settings for SciTE in my document folder, and the SciTE_HOME environment variable points there.
Moreover, it eases backup by separating programs and data. I suppose that's one of the points of protecting Program Files from write (in most cases).
I went even further in my Win7 box at work (where I am denied to work as administrator) and made my own ProgramFiles folder, where I can quietly add and update my freewares without fuzz.
-- Philippe Lhoste
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You created an environment variable called "SciTE_HOME" and set it to point to your documents folder, but do you put au3.properties in the documents folder?
-----Original Message----- From: Philippe Lhoste Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:20 AM To: scite-interest@googlegroups.com Subject: [scite] Re: Protected SciTE/properties folder
On 20/09/2012 01:36, AndyS01 wrote: > I recently reformatted my hard disk and re-installed Windows 7, AutoIt and SciTE, and when I edit the au3.properties file, I get errors trying to save it. It turns out that everything in the AutoIt folder and below is write protected. I tried changing the AutoIt/SciTE folder's properties and marked everything as Not Read-only, but I still couldn't create/edit files there.
> I was running Windows 7 before the hard disk crapped out, and I was able to modify the au3.propertied file with no problem.
> Can anyone suggest a way out of this?
Personally, I just put my settings for SciTE in my document folder, and the SciTE_HOME environment variable points there. Moreover, it eases backup by separating programs and data. I suppose that's one of the points of protecting Program Files from write (in most cases). I went even further in my Win7 box at work (where I am denied to work as administrator) and made my own ProgramFiles folder, where I can quietly add and update my freewares without fuzz.
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> You created an environment variable called "SciTE_HOME" and set it to point to your
> documents folder, but do you put *au3.properties* in the documents folder?
> Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philippe Lhoste
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:20 AM
> To: scite-interest@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [scite] Re: Protected SciTE/properties folder
> On 20/09/2012 01:36, AndyS01 wrote:
> > I recently reformatted my hard disk and re-installed Windows 7, AutoIt and SciTE, and
> when I edit the au3.properties file, I get errors trying to save it. It turns out that
> everything in the AutoIt folder and below is write protected. I tried changing the
> AutoIt/SciTE folder's properties and marked everything as Not Read-only, but I still
> couldn't create/edit files there.
> > I was running Windows 7 before the hard disk crapped out, and I was able to modify the
> au3.propertied file with no problem.
> > Can anyone suggest a way out of this?
> Personally, I just put my settings for SciTE in my document folder, and the SciTE_HOME
> environment variable points there.
> Moreover, it eases backup by separating programs and data. I suppose that's one of the
> points of protecting Program Files from write (in most cases).
> I went even further in my Win7 box at work (where I am denied to work as administrator)
> and made my own ProgramFiles folder, where I can quietly add and update my freewares
> without fuzz.
I wrote "I just put my settings for SciTE in my document folder", which means I put all settings coming from SciTE, plus my own, in this folder (which is a sub-folder of the Documents folder, of course).
-- Philippe Lhoste
-- (near) Paris -- France
-- http://Phi.Lho.free.fr -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Philippe Lhoste <Phi...@gmx.net> wrote:
> On 20/09/2012 15:03, AndyS19 wrote:
>> You created an environment variable called "SciTE_HOME" and set it to
>> point to your
>> documents folder, but do you put *au3.properties* in the documents folder?
>> Andy
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Philippe Lhoste
>> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:20 AM
>> To: scite-interest@googlegroups.**com <scite-interest@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: [scite] Re: Protected SciTE/properties folder
>> On 20/09/2012 01:36, AndyS01 wrote:
>> > I recently reformatted my hard disk and re-installed Windows 7, AutoIt
>> and SciTE, and
>> when I edit the au3.properties file, I get errors trying to save it. It
>> turns out that
>> everything in the AutoIt folder and below is write protected. I tried
>> changing the
>> AutoIt/SciTE folder's properties and marked everything as Not Read-only,
>> but I still
>> couldn't create/edit files there.
>> > I was running Windows 7 before the hard disk crapped out, and I was
>> able to modify the
>> au3.propertied file with no problem.
>> > Can anyone suggest a way out of this?
>> Personally, I just put my settings for SciTE in my document folder, and
>> the SciTE_HOME
>> environment variable points there.
>> Moreover, it eases backup by separating programs and data. I suppose
>> that's one of the
>> points of protecting Program Files from write (in most cases).
>> I went even further in my Win7 box at work (where I am denied to work as
>> administrator)
>> and made my own ProgramFiles folder, where I can quietly add and update
>> my freewares
>> without fuzz.
> I wrote "I just put my settings for SciTE in my document folder", which
> means I put all settings coming from SciTE, plus my own, in this folder
> (which is a sub-folder of the Documents folder, of course).
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