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Applicable Environment
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- Topic: QNX Momentics on Windows7/Vista -- Running as non-admin
- SDP: 6.5.0 SP1
- Host: Windows7, Windows Vista
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Recommendation________________________________________________________________________
As noted in the release notes UAC needs to be disabled to run the IDE:
User Account Control (UAC)
Windows Vista and Windows 7 include an account policy, called User
Account Control (UAC), that impacts various administrative features,
such as being able to create and store files in a temporary directory
(tmp). This directory is used by various applications, such as CVS and
the split command, and various Photon applications. To successfully run
these applications on a computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7, you
must have administrator privileges and disable UAC. (Ref# 44027)
In order to install or use Automated License Management, you must have
logged in as an administrator and disable UAC. (Ref# 77791)
Workaround: To disable UAC on your Windows Vista configuration:
1. Launch MSCONFIG by from the Run menu. (When you click on the launch
button — the one with the windows logo commonly in the bottom left
corner — the Run menu is an editable text bar with the string Start
Search. Type msconfig and then press Enter.)
2. Click on the Tools tab. Scroll down until you find Disable UAC, and
then click that line.
3. Press the Launch button.
4. A cmd window will open. When the command is done, you can close the
window.
5. Close msconfig, and then restart your computer.
You can re-enable User Account Control by selecting the Enable UAC line
and then clicking the Launch button.
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NOTE:
This entry has been validated against the SDP version listed above. Use
caution when considering this advice for any other SDP version. For
supported releases, please reach out to QNX Technical Support if you have any questions/concerns. ________________________________________________________________________
