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Here's a version I that does work:

RunProgram("C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe", Chr(34)+"C:\ProgramData\Fablevision\Big Screen Books\data" +Chr(34)+ " /grant Users:(OI)(CI)M", "", #PB_Program_Wait|#PB_Program_Hide)

Besides minor tweaks, I think this only work when the directory is first created ...

Ok. I've been able to come up with this which doesn't seem to quite work. The values do work when I run it icacls.exe directly.

RunProgram("C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe", "C:\ProgramData\AppName\Content\data\" + "/grant Users:(OI)(CI)M", "", #PB_Program_Wait|#PB_Program_Hide)


Also, how can I ...

Thanks for the reply. Where can I find info on running ICACLS from PureBasic. My searches haven't returned anything useful. If I understand your response, it tells how to set the permissions from the desktop but not at runtime from PB.

Do I need to do something like this:

RunProgram("C:\Windows ...

I have an application that installs a folder with files to the All Users/Application Data folder. When an admin installs the application the files are available. However, if another, non-admin user tries to run the application and access the files there's an error because the files only have read ...

I am building a player application that will play activities based on activity files that the user installs to their system. The activity files will be large and a user can accumulate many of them. Where would be the appropriate place to store these files on Windows?

Another requirement is that ...

Ok. Thanks. Trying that...get an error "sh line 1 as: command not found" on my first line of: Is ProgramFilename not supported on PPC?

I compiled a PureBasic app on my Intel Mac and I get an error when trying to run it on my PPC G5 Mac with OS X 10.4, "No Supported on this Architecture". I looked through the compiler options and couldn't find any options for compiling for the PPC (a single executable for PPC and Intel would be nice ...

Ok. I ended up finding that command so I then edited my path like this:
launcherPath$ = ProgramFilename()
pathToRemove$ = "SW.app/Contents/MacOS/SW"
pathToFolder$ = RemoveString(launcherPath$, pathToRemove$)
RunProgram(pathToFolder$+"run/why/world/SW.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player")
End

In a ...

Thanks for the reply. I get an error that GetProgramDirectory() is not a function when I try to run it.

I thought I had this fixed when I was able to successfully run this code from the PureBasic IDE
RunProgram("run/why/world/SW.app/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player")
However, when I run it from a compiled application, it does not work. Any ideas on how I can get it to work from the application? The SW ...

Nevermind. Found the OS Specific forum section. Deduced the path needs to be "TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit "

I'm new to PureBasic and trying to use RunProgram on the Mac. As a test case, I'm using the following code:

RunProgram("TextEdit")
End

I have placed a copy of TextEdit in the same folder as my PureBasic created executable. When I run the executable or when I run from the PureBasic editor, I get ...