TextPad 5.2.0 is NOT Vista compatible

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MRi

TextPad 5.2.0 is NOT Vista compatible

Post by MRi »

The missing of the requestedExecutionLevel manifest makes TextPad unusable under Vista!

If you forget to launch TextPad as an administrator files changed under C:\Program Files are silently duplicated into the VirtualStore.
I would expect an error message.

Vista is out for more than 14 month. Windows 7 Beta is out...
Why isn't it possible to recognize UAC and just to add an asInvoker-Manifest to the EXE?
Why is the registered user forced to hack the internal RT_MANIFEST resource by its own?
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Post by helios »

This will be fixed in the next maintenance upgrade. An announcement will be made in the Forum when it becomes available for download.
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why isn't the vista bug in the FAQ?

Post by owenw »

thanks - this thread explained something that's been bugging me for the day. However a bug as painful as this should be flagged in the FAQ as a minimum - the professional thing to do as a firm would be to flag the issue and avoid selling the product to users of an OS in which it doesn't work properly.
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Post by hankster »

It's working fine for me on Vista. Am I missing something?
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