I want to replace/delete imageres.dll in system32 golder in vista/7 from vb.net Note : that i have taken ownership of file with cmd in windows 7. And also note when i delete the file from windows explorer it gets deleted successfully but when i do it with vb.net it failes
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I'm trying to copy a file that I made that contains license information to system32 directory. My problem is I get access denied. here is the code I'm using
Dim formatter As New BinaryFormatter
Dim fileWriteStream As Stream
fileWriteStream = New FileStream(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath & "" &
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i want to copy DLL file to system32 but i want to make the directory to file system .. i want to tell that i don't want to write C:Windowssystem32 because if the user is installed the windows to D: drive thats mean that should be D:Windowssystem32 NOT C: the code is :
Dim k As String
Dim l As String
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes("C:d3dx9_39.dll", My.Resources.d3dx9_39)
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I have made a DLL with VB.net. Under project settings i have marked checked 2 things
1. Register for COM interop
2. Make assembly COM visible
When i build project its done successfully. Now i take DLL file from project location and copy it in System32. Then on command prompt i use following command to register self creating DLL so that other vb.net programs can use my DLL and etc.
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I'm trying to delete a dll file in the system32 folder but receive a permission error (Access to the path 'c:\windows\system32\testfile.dll' is denied.)
I'm using:
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I have multiple versions of an app that uses a dll, I have to replace the dll with the correct version and register it. The plan was to delete it from system32, and copy over the relevant version, then register it.
Let me start this again. I just started working at a company and this company sells customer label printers and its software. The printer drivers are not designed well and creates problems between version updates. When a customer calls in and compalins that are some communication problems, we have to login to their computer and remove printer, it's drivers and driver files that gets installed into system32 folder.
So, my goal was to have the customer download a file , run it and remove these files before they download the latest files.[code]...
i have created an application using vb.net 2008 which will maintain backup of the database in system32 folder
View 2 RepliesIm using this code in XP 32bit os to get the %windir%windowssystem32 folder path.
sysFolderPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.System) What i want to know is that will this same code return the %windir%windowssyswow64 folder when used in windows7 (64/32bit)?
with both Process.Start(and System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(i cant get sdclt.exe (system32) to open.
I tried using the cmd("cmd.exe", "sdclt.exe") and just "sdclt.exe" But when i use the cmd, it just opens the command window, but not the program. When i use just sdclt.exe, it does nothing.
how should i copy a file in system32 folder from resources folder .resx file of my windows application?
View 1 Repliesim trying to run msinfo32.exe from the system32 folder in one of my apps goggling around i found an example and stuff yet i dont have a clue what im doing there, any tutrial on how to call other win32 apps on the click of a button like for example if you was to go on internet explorer 7 Help->About-> "System Information" something similar to that, a button would open it?
Private Sub AboutToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles AboutToolStripMenuItem.Click
Dim form1 As New Form()
Dim sysinfo As New Button()
sysinfo.Text = "Sytem Information"
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i have a kind of popup window which displays well nothing apart from a button for now but hopefully some info soon on the version of my browser, but for now i would like system information to get working?
I'm trying to run a program that runs fine on XP OS, but it won't run on Vista. I've tried to install msinet.ocx in the system32 folder, but it never works.I've tried to register with regsvr32 but it gives error,I've tried to register with regsvr32 with cmd as administrator it's register the Activex Control but it gives error " Unexpected error ".
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but this code not working on windows vista, i can use it on windows xp, i think problem is user permissions but i have to delete or create file via my application how can resolve this problem.
screwed up User Access Control, some functionality does not inherit the accounts true privileges. I built a Command Prompt application and ran it from an Admin account, but I kept getting access denied when I ran it. The only work around I can find for now to shut the dam thing off in control panel.
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Public Sub AntiCorrupt()
Dim DirInfo As New IO.DirectoryInfo(HardDrive)
DoneGather = False
Results.AddRange(IO.Directory.GetFiles(HardDrive, "*.*", IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories)) 'Admin Access
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I tried running this application as administrator, even though I am on an admin account. I even disabled UAC. Nothing seems to work. I do not want to just skip the file, I want to read it.How does a antivirus program scan every file on your computer for errors? How do it read the file if Vista prevents it?
I want my program to be able to edit a values within a registry key that resides in 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'
My.Computer.Registry.SetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREXYZ", "MyValue", "MyData")
The above works fine in Windows XP, but throws an UnauthorizedAccessException in Vista.
i have been using many dll and ocx in my vb.net application. When I run my exe from the same folder it works fine. It does not work if I remove the exe from the application folder and put in some other folder. My intension is to keep my dll and ocx in system32 folder and exe in application folder.
View 2 RepliesI'm fiddling around with a small program that can delete a directory, including its sub-folders and files.This is the code I'm using: (Note-I found it on the net, I didn't code it myself)
Private Sub filedelete(ByVal filename As String)
Dim filesystemobject As Object
filesystemobject = CreateObject("Scripting.filesystemobject")[code]..........
So on click of button '2' the folders are cleaned out, and on click of button '3' they are deleted - it works great.Now the problem is, if any of the folders in the directory 'test' are not accessible to the current user, the program throws the exception 'Access to the path is denied.Is it possible to skip folders that are not accessible, and just ignore them, and delete the ones that are accessible?What code needs to be added to enable this ability?
I have a database, added in data sources. I can manage records with automatically generated database toolbar.I want buttons for Add, Replace, Erase data from Database. So far i've seen some Tutorials but they are most likely for VB6 and also i'm really new on VB at all.
So i've uploaded all my project folder and my access database for you to rewiev it.Also excuse me for my englsih. It's not my native language. And again i'm new on VB, so i can ask dumm questions about basic. I can use some qualty VB 2008 tutorials links too.
ran into an issue but i have no idea why. I made a program that reads in a text file. I tested the program and it worked perfectly. I made the setup file using the setup wizard, installed the program on my computer and tried to test it and it gave me anerror about not being able to access the text file. I attempted to run the program right in VS because it had worked fine before and now even in that i am getting an error saying it cant access the text file. I dont know why it did work and now suddenly it
View 1 RepliesUsing the following sub to download a file I receive an "Access to the path 'path' is denied" no matter where I try to download it to even if I run the program as an administrator.Why do I get an access denied error?
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MsgBox("HLDSUpdateTool is Copyright © VALVe Corporation. We are not affiliated with VALVe Corporation in any way.", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Copyright")
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The Program Connects and Download the File, but when it writes it to the Disk i get an Access Denied Error. on Using Fs as new.Im Running full System admin, Not sure why it is giving this error. Heres the code where it all gose wrong:
Dim rfn As String = "FTP FILE"
Dim lfn As String = "LOCAL LOCATION"
Dim ftp As FtpWebRequest = CType(FtpWebRequest.Create(RFN), FtpWebRequest)
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I am using net 2010 net framework 2 & w7 In windows explorer I want to move or rename a file but I get a windows message with a heading "File Access Denied" you need administrator permission to do this In my vb code I want to move the same file but get an error, the security on the file is "Read & execute" and "Read" How do I detect this before the code for moving & also set the permissions so I can move it with vb code.
View 6 RepliesI try to map to the network drives and i am able to read the number of folders in the drives and access right for FULL CONTROL ( READ , write etc. ) is given to me and in fact "everyone in the same domain group that i am in. However i encounter the following code error where FileOpen(1, ReadString, OpenMode.Binary) --> It prompts that access to the path of \xxxxxxxxxfolder is denied.
View 1 RepliesI have Project i need to recovery file System . And some information who Create that file , deleting , replace , Modifying . I need also return any file delete or replace .
View 2 RepliesI am trying to have my program stop a process then delete the file (the process file)
Dim pProcess() As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("Bit")
For Each p As Process In pProcess
p.Kill()
Next
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Everything works perfectly fine untill the kill file command (i have tried file.delete, and My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile to try to delete the file) but in all attempts i get a "Access to the path "(pathHere)" is denied.
I'm having trouble reading a file into a filestream from a CD. I get 'Access to the path denied'. Works fine when reading a text file from a local drive, but getting error from CD. Dim fs As New IO.FileStream(filename, IO.FileMode.Open)
View 12 RepliesDim strCRLocalPath As String = "c:CR"
Dim strDestinationFile As String = strCRLocalPath & strFileName
If Dir(strCRLocalPath) = "" Then MkDir(strCRLocalPath)
FileCopy(strSourceFile, strDestinationFile)
how to correct it? Error message: "Path/File access denied"
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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but alwys i get thie error access to the path e: is denied but the hard drive is accessable, so how i copy a fil from resource to a a disk drive like F: /
I'm trying to run an EXE file using process.start.I've put in username, password and domain that it is accepting (it complains when I put the wrong password, and not when I put the right one, so it is checking etc), and that have local admin rights on the PC.However, when I try to run an EXE that's stored in Program Files, I cannot run it. It always says Access is Denied. When I copy that EXE to another folder, it runs perfectly![code]
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