[Stephen McConnell]

I have read the forum post http://myeclipseide.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-18549-highlight-hotfix600.html

But don’t really understand what to do to fix the permissions problem.

Maybe it’s because I’m new to Vista (I have to use it because of my job). I usually prefer to work under Linux and haven’t had the problem under XP, but Vista is so paranoid that I can’t figure out what to do. I’ve tried changing permissions, but it doesn’t seem to take.

If this were Linux, it would be easy, but this “Access Denied” with Vista is a pain. I’ve searched many different forums and have found no satisfactory answer. I installed MyEclipse from the Full Stack. My User has FULL administrative privileges. And still I get this Access denied problem.

What needs to happen to get this thing to work?

Stephen McConnell

“WINDOZ SUX”.

[Stephen McConnell]

Ok. I believe that when one finds the solution to one’s own posts, one should post it. So here goes.

Vista is very paranoid about it’s file security and privileges. So, it doesn’t allow users to install or save files in places that user doesn’t own or has not created.
When one installs MyEclipse 6.0 it is installed as Administrator in the

c:/Program Files/MyEclipse 6.0

folder. Standard Users (even those with so called “Administrator” privileges aren’t allowed to save files there. When you upgrade MyEclipse or attempt to install Additional Features, you are doing so as a “Standard User”. So, what one has to do is change the file privileges.

You do so like this:

1) Go to the Start menu.
2) In the Start Search dialog, type explorer
3) Select Windows Explorer. You now have a Windows Explorer running in Admin mode.
4) Find the folder on which you need to modify the privileges. In our case it was the
c:/Program Files/MyEclipse 6.0
folder. Select Properties and then the Security tab.
5) Now select the user or users that you want to have access to the file. Hit the
Edit Button.
6) Give Full Access to that User by checking the correct checkbox. Then, Apply
7) Close out of all the dialog boxes by selecting OK.

I was then able to install the Hot Fix.

I hope this helps others. I found the site describing this procedure last night, but for some dumb reason forgot to bookmark it and cannot find again this morning. I guess I haven’t had my 6th cup of coffee yet.l

[Loyal Water]

Hi Stephen,
Thanks for this post. Im sure this would be very helpful for the other user.

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