Turning Off Dialg Boxes (Security)

One of my concerns is when I right click on the start menu to open All
Users.
With in here, I want to customize my folders... all the applications were
installed for All Users. Lots of dialog boxes when I do this. I can't
create a folder or rename it or move files into the folder with out at least
3-dialog confirmations.

I'm not sure I understand your answer as applied to this area. I will
review and experiement. Thanks for your quick responsee.


"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> The best way to do this is to right-click the program you are using, and
> click Run As Administrator. This will supress any permissions dialog from
> within that program, or any program started from within that program.
>
> For example, when working in Explorer to create folders and move
> shortcuts, just right-click Windows Explorer in the start menu and click
> Run As Administrator.
>
> This will keep the rest of your system secure, while only supressing the
> permission dialogs on the program that you need.
>
> Turning off the permission dialogs for the entire computer requires a
> re-start and affects every user on the computer, and can be done from the
> User Accounts control panel.
>
> - JB
>
> Vista Support FAQ
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

For this situation, here's what you can do:

1) Copy the path of All Users to the clipboard
- Right-click the start orb
- Click Open All Users
- Click in a white area of the location/breadcrumb bar
- When the path appears, right-click it
- Click Copy

2) Open an admin explorer
- Click Start
- Type: explorer
- Right-click Windows Explorer when it appears under Programs
- Click Run As Administrator

3) Paste the path into the admin explorer
- Click in a white area of the location/breadcrumb bar
- Right-click
- Click Paste
- Press enter

Everything that you do from within the explorer that you opened "as
administrator" will be done with full administrative permissions, since you
opened it explicitly "as administrator" - you will only get ONE permission
prompt from this window, the very first one. Everything else has implicit
permission - you will not get prompted again while working with this window.

- JB

Vista Support FAQ
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Yes this works... I understand. It is a strange way of doing things.
Just out of curiosity.... why is the "All Users" not in the same locations
as any of the other Users (i.e., user1, Administrator, user.... so forth).
I'm sure the answer has something to do with security but I find it strange
that all the menus could not be at the same location.
Thanks


"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> For this situation, here's what you can do:
>
> 1) Copy the path of All Users to the clipboard
> - Right-click the start orb
> - Click Open All Users
> - Click in a white area of the location/breadcrumb bar
> - When the path appears, right-click it
> - Click Copy
>
> 2) Open an admin explorer
> - Click Start
> - Type: explorer
> - Right-click Windows Explorer when it appears under Programs
> - Click Run As Administrator
>
> 3) Paste the path into the admin explorer
> - Click in a white area of the location/breadcrumb bar
> - Right-click
> - Click Paste
> - Press enter
>
> Everything that you do from within the explorer that you opened "as
> administrator" will be done with full administrative permissions, since
> you opened it explicitly "as administrator" - you will only get ONE
> permission prompt from this window, the very first one. Everything else
> has implicit permission - you will not get prompted again while working
> with this window.
>
> - JB
>
> Vista Support FAQ
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

I have no idea of the actual reasoning for the move. My guess is that it was
both a security decision and a UI decision.

For security, having that sort of information outside of a folder that is
commonly shared with other computers reduces Vista's attack surface.

For UI, simplifying the contents of the Users folder to only contain actual
user accounts makes it easier to understand.

- JB

Vista Support FAQ
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/