> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Prof Brian Ripley > <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >> The following article has the most info I have found: >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905330.aspx >> >> It includes: >> >> Before a 32 bit process is created, the following attributes are >> checked to determine whether it is an installer: >> >> Filename includes keywords such as "install," "setup," and >> "update." >> >> and others (e.g. the GRASS project) have found that 'patch' is 'such >> as'. Oddly, it does seem to check only 32-bit processes. Just wow! I learned something new today about Vista madness >> >> If you can't change the name, using a manifest file or including a >> manifest as a resource will change the behaviour. Here is a >> relevant MSDN page: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756929.aspx >> > > > Thanks Brian. Adding a manifest file solved it. Since it doesn't > hurt, I added the manifest to the x64 version's build process, too. > > >> On Wed, 25 May 2011, JonY wrote: >> >>> On 5/24/2011 23:54, Ozkan Sezer wrote: >>>> Hi all: >>>> >>>> What makes the User Access Control thing of vista or w7 to trigger? >>>> If I compile my program for x64 using mingw-w64, the program runs >>>> just fine. If I compile it for x86 either by mingw or mingw-w64 and >>>> run it on vista or w7 x64 version, windows intercepts it claiming that >>>> it wants to "access my computer and may do evil things", and when I >>>> choose 'allow' than it opens up a new console instead of using the >>>> existing cmd.exe console. I don't have an x86 version of vista or >>>> w7 installed on my boxes so I don't know the behavior there. >>>> FWIW, code is here: http://uhexen2.sf.net/tmp/h2patch3-1.0.0.9.tar.gz >>>> which is an application of xdelta3 (http://xdelta.org/) in progress >>>> and nothing oh so fanciful. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>> >>> IIRC its based on executable file names and some other criteria which >>> I'm not sure of. >>> >>> See the Cygwin patch.exe.manifest file, there might be clues there. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk >> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 >> > > -- > Ozkan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. > With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, > you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. > Download your free trial now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public >
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