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I don't use the -hkcu switch when running the batch files that call blat
so I think you're right, -install in an explicitly Administrator-level
priviledge command window once is all that is needed.
On 12/03/15 9:45 AM, 'Al Franz' [email protected] [blat] wrote:
> Interesting comment about running in and Administrator Command prompt.
> I have been able to run BLAT in a non-administrator command prompt by
> adding “-hkcu” to the “ -install” command. Is it correct if you run in
> an Administrator prompt you don’t need the “-hkcu” attribute, and
> wouldn’t need to even run -install each time BLAT is run. Interesting
> to note there is nothing in the help file about “-hkcu”, I think Chip
> provided that tip when Windows 8 first came out. Any thoughts. Thanks.
>
> On Dec 1, 2015, at 19:30, Rod Carty [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]> [blat] <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Windows 8 did introduce some additional security restrictions, but I've
> found the simplest fix is to make sure blat is not in a system
> folder. I
> put it into C:\batches, with the batches that typically call it, and
> this requires no registry hacks nor Administrator priviledge for the
> batches nor blat. The only issue which I've seen is occasionally I have
> to set the -install config from an admin-level command window.
>
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