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06/05/2009
Topic:
Application Shortcut Paths

d4n93rm0u53
d4n93rm0u53
First of all let me say that this project has been very well designed and implemented.

I do however one suggestion:

The way in which application paths are stored currently seems to be via an absolute path, minus the drive letter which is presumably provided during runtime. My current setup involves multiple workstations and I like where possible to mirror my setup across all systems, I achieve this via a number of synchronisation scripts.

Because my systems are made up of a mixture of x64 and x86 hardware (along with differing OS versions), I have found that when I mirror your application the paths stored within are left corrupted.

My suggestion then is that you might offer the option of a relative path, and addition to the current fix path solution.

I'm not sure if this is a feasible option, but if possible I believe it will make the project more versatile.
11/03/2010
Topic:
Feature Request - Run As Administrator

d4n93rm0u53
d4n93rm0u53
As much as I love Windows 7 (and I really do) this issue with UAC getting in the way of everything is very irritating; a handful of the day to day programs I use require elevated privileges and as a consequence fall over when launched from within SyMenu.

While I appreciate this issue could be circumvented by specifying application credentials, I run into problems when I use these apps in a portable environment since usernames & passwords tend to differ (as they should).

Microsoft offer the ability to specify a program parameter (within the file properties dialog) of “Run as administrator”, might it be possible to implement a similar facility within this app?

Many Thanks
11/03/2010
Topic:
Feature Request - Run As Administrator

d4n93rm0u53
d4n93rm0u53
Thank you for the prompt response!

The downside with this approach is that I must on each occasion select an alternative launch method along with account login credentials.

Microsoft’s approach however doesn’t require the re-entering of these values.
06/04/2010
Topic:
Feature Request - Run As Administrator

d4n93rm0u53
d4n93rm0u53
I have a workaround!

Please refer to the following article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.06.elevation.aspx

Download the article source code (http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/0/fd05def7-68a1-4f71-8546-25c359cc0842/Elevation2008_06.exe) extract and copy the files "elevate.vbs" and "elevate.cmd" into your SyMenu "ProgramFiles" folder.

Finally replicate the attached screen shot (modifying as necessary!)



Enjoy

Chris
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