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Resolved Permission Denied using FileSystemObject in win10

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by FuzMic, 2016/12/19.

  1. 2016/12/19
    FuzMic

    FuzMic Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Experts i am sure you can help me out on this

    In VB6 i use the following to test for presence of files in my spool\printers folder

    FS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    set Folder = FS.GetFolder("C:\windows\system32\spool\printers\")

    As I suspect when i try the following in Win10

    if (Folder.Files.count = 0)

    I got err 70 Permission denied.

    No problem with win7 or xpwin

    How can i resolve this?
     
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    FuzMic

    FuzMic Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I just found i can fix this by allowing read rights to the user for the folder.

    Funny though; there is only one user with admin rights in this Acer tabloid yet i have to set the read rights for the windows/system32/spool/printers folder for only Admin. Is there something i missed?
     
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    TonyT

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    Some dirs are System dirs and and admin user can do anything in them but will usually get a "continue" prompt before modifying a file. (reading a file modifies its meta data). A script bypasses the prompts only if permissions are set on the script or the dir.
     
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    FuzMic

    FuzMic Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Ok Tony, how to bypass the prompt in a vb6 script, you sure know! Thanks!.
     
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    FuzMic

    FuzMic Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Tony you KNEW this refers to my hours on the POS printers. But i feel, irrespective what brand of the printer, this is an issue that need to be fixed. In fact, I am getting feedback that win 10 do exhibit these odd behavior every often.
    So how to set permissions on the script; still begging for your answer!

    More!!: Today all 3 Acer tablods gave, the only admin user. full access rights to the spool/printer folder and I DID NOTHING. Yesterday all 3 threw me out. Confused.
     
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    TonyT

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    Rt click the script > Properties > Security tab
    You should be able to set ownership, permissions & special permissions.
    Can also rt click > Run as admin
     
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    FuzMic

    FuzMic Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    So there is no way do within a VB6 script, is it?
     
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    FuzMic

    FuzMic Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    THANK YOU THANK YOU for the exposure, Tony!
     
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