Sonic007 Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 I can’t get Sims to write to connect.ini. Anyone know why this could be? I’be just set up new GPO settings and first time running sims and wondering why users can’t write to C: drive. Any ideas on how to fix it? Thanks.
bald_pig Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 Sounds like the users don't have permission to write to the file. 1
cullingsh Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 User will need write access to the connect.ini file. We set our staff group to have this access. 1
Sonic007 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Posted February 24, 2020 Thanks all. I ended up having to grant access to program files folder and that sorted it in my GPO. Thankyou
bald_pig Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 Why do they need to write to it? If it's a multi-database setup, SIMS will edit the connect.ini to record the database that was used last.
Wubbalubbadub Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 A way around this, is to open notepad as administrator, and then click open from within the programme and navigate to the connect.ini file. Weirdly i was doing this last thing today!
bald_pig Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 A way around this, is to open notepad as administrator, and then click open from within the programme and navigate to the connect.ini file. Weirdly i was doing this last thing today! doesn't let SIMS edit the file though unfortunately.
Arthur Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 doesn't let SIMS edit the file though unfortunately. Shouldn't Windows create a new connect.ini in the VirtualStore folder (which is writable by the user)?
bald_pig Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 Shouldn't Windows create a new connect.ini in the VirtualStore folder (which is writable by the user)? My understanding of VirtualStore is that it only applies to pre-vista software?
mavhc Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 It does seem to do that sometimes, which is annoying when it only fixes the problem for 1 user, and doesn't tell you. Main question is why is SIMS written for Windows 3.1? Who's paying for such rubbish? Stop paying until they fix it.
bald_pig Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 It does seem to do that sometimes, which is annoying when it only fixes the problem for 1 user, and doesn't tell you. Main question is why is SIMS written for Windows 3.1? Who's paying for such rubbish? Stop paying until they fix it. The point was that SIMS doesn't do that. also, it's not 16 bit software.
Arthur Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 The point was that SIMS doesn't do that. I just had a quick look on a couple of my school PCs and both FMS and SIMS do write to the VirtualStore folder. In the case of SIMS it seems like it's just the SIMS.ini file however.
mavhc Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 Either way they need write access to a place they shouldn't need write access to, they're doing it wrong and you're still paying them, not going to encourage them to fix it if they're not punished. 1
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