All program option cannot be saved after pc reset (Window 8)

virgo_pei

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Apr 4, 2013
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Dear all,
I have a problem to save "option" for certain program after a PC reset had been done. The OS is window 8.1 Pro. As i am a programmer so i have installed certain development program in my laptop for example siemens tia portal. After i had done a PC reset, i reinstalled my development programs. All working ok except i cannot save the "properties" that i configured in the program. For example, outlook 2013. I changed some options then saved. After i change the option is working but gone after i restart my computer. Same situations for others program. All program properties cannot be saved permanently.I suspect is user permission but i already disable the UAC and i am the administrator as well. I cannot figure out what else solution that i can do. Please help me on this as this is annoying that everytime i have to reconfigure the options after computer restart.
 
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Sounds like bad programming saving config files to program files rather than to your user profile. Either change the program's default profile location (doubtful, since if it was possible the program would likely have already done it for you, literally takes 50 lines of code tops) or add write/ delete permissions for the program files folder for that specific program (do NOT do it for the entire program files folder)
Sounds like bad programming saving config files to program files rather than to your user profile. Either change the program's default profile location (doubtful, since if it was possible the program would likely have already done it for you, literally takes 50 lines of code tops) or add write/ delete permissions for the program files folder for that specific program (do NOT do it for the entire program files folder)
 
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