What about Vista? How to install PPTools.
Problem: Windows Vista
Or rather, how to get PPTools add-ins to work under Vista.
Windows Vista places more restrictions on what you as a user (and we as software developers) can do. Among other things, it doesn't allow programs to write to files in the Program Files folder or subfolders.
PPTools add-ins install themselves under Program Files (unless you select a different folder) and store configuration information in the same folder as the add-ins, meaning that they need write-access to the folder, which Vista doesn't ordinarily allow.
The simplest solution:
Install PPTools add-ins to a different folder, one that you have read/write access to. When installing the add-in, you can choose any folder you like, You could choose a folder within My Documents, for example.
If you're installing additional PPTools add-ins, the installer will default to the folder where your first PPTools add-in is installed. Always install all PPTools add-ins to the same folder.
If you've already installed several of our add-ins and then learned that there are problems, use Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs to remove them, then reinstall to a folder where you have read/write privileges.
Plan B
If you've already installed PPTools to the default folder, you may be able to solve the problem a different way. There are quite a few steps and it may or may not work, depending on your user privileges; that's why we recommend the method above instead. It's also likely to be faster. But the choice is yours, so here we go:
- Double-click My Computer
- Open the Program Files folder
- Right-click the RnR folder and choose Properties from the pop-up menu
- On the General tab under Attributes, remove the check-mark and any highlighting next to "Read-only"
- On the Security tab, under "Group or user names" click "Users (your username)" then click Edit
- In the resulting Permissions dialog box, click Users again, then put a checkmark next to "Full control" under "Allow". The other boxes under "Allow", other than Special Permissions, should automatically become checkmarked as well.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK
- If asked "Do you want to apply this change to this folder only, or do you want to aply it to all subfolders and files as well?", choose "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files"