Question about the preferred folder for Star Tools

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JMorris
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Question about the preferred folder for Star Tools

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Hi Ivo,

When I try to run StarTools from the StarTools folder in my C:\Program Files directory (C:\Program Files\StarTools), it loads up as if it is an evaluation copy even though I've copied my license file to that location. If I put the StarTools folder directly onto the C: drive,C:\StarTools (also with the license file of course), it runs as a licensed copy. Is this the expected behavior? I don't have a problem running StarTools that way but it does seem a little odd. It's been doing this at least since last August. I'm running Windows 8.1, 64bit.

Jim
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Re: Question about the preferred folder for Star Tools

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Hi Jim,

The only issue would be read/write ability - StarTools requires the 'resources' and 'license' files to be read/write enabled.
The folders in the Program Files folder are (AFAIK) write protected since Windows 7, so that may be the cause of your issue.

Does that help?
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Re: Question about the preferred folder for Star Tools

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Yes, that seems to be it! And Windows doesn't seem to allow me to change the permissions either. Thanks, Ivo, now I know what's going on. I'll just keep running StarTools from its folder on the C: drive.

Jim
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