URGENT: COBALT app on Win2k3 Server

[multiband8303]

Here are the cliff notes of this issue. I have an ancient legacy program - programmed in cobalt (banking app go figure) - anyways - in order for this program to fully work (main problem - be able to print) it needs to run in compatibility mode - with anon/non-admins to run as admins in order to gain the full funcationaity of this program.

The program is hosted on my file server - which is then mapped out to a mapped network drive - which all the users have access too - however - only as admin of the file server can I go to the properties of the .BAT file that is responsible for running this application and have the ability to put it in compatibility mode - when the user attempts to modify the file - they do not have teh ability to put it in compatibility mode (it is greyed out)

Here is what I have tried...

Logging as domain admin to the workstation - and attempting to modify, negative
Moving the computer into a blank OU (no additional GPO's applied) - negative
Moving the computer into a loopback OU - Negative
Removing the computer from the domain and logging in locally to the machine and then manually authenticating to the share on the file server and attempting to change it - negative.

Any other ideas?

 

[LOFBenson]

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodte.../windows/appcompatibility/default.mspx

scroll down to the link to The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit V4.1

 

[multiband8303]

...Won't this simply just be an analyzer tool just to state if the program will work or not? I just installed it - got any resources on utilizing this tool in a .bat environment?

 

[LOFBenson]

Damn. The Compatibility Admin Tool doesn't work with .bat files. Sorry, I'd never noticed. If it was an EXE you can add the compat mode type that you want into the registry with it so that your windows XP client will always select the correct mode regardless of user permissions.

 

[LOFBenson]

http://goldfndr.home.mindspring.com/xp-compat.html

It's worth a shot. Fake a compatibility registry entry then manually modify it. It might work for .bat files.

 

[jlazzaro]

there exists software to convert batch, vbs, js, etc files into executables.

 

[nweaver]

does the user have full rights on the share/NTFS security for the file? I'm thinking this is more permissions issue then anything else

 

[LOFBenson]

Wow. If you just need a standard compat mode you dont need the tools at all.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
"C:\\Temp\\test.bat"="WIN95"

 

[LOFBenson]

Originally posted by: nweaver
does the user have full rights on the share/NTFS security for the file? I'm thinking this is more permissions issue then anything else

It's a GUI issue. Somebody at MS decided it was unsafe to run files in compatibility mode from mapped network drives in Windows XP. So they don't let you - at all. The registry doesn't care if X:\ is a network drive or local drive but the tooltip does.

 

[multiband8303]

Originally posted by: LOFBenson
Wow. If you just need a standard compat mode you dont need the tools at all.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
"C:\\Temp\\test.bat"="WIN95"

This reg - should it be run on the USER on the LOCAL machine running the application - or the Server HOSTING the application (true location of the mapped drive)

 

[LOFBenson]

Create the registry entry for the local user(s) on the local machine executing the program. It should work but you won't know till you test it.

 

[multiband8303]

Originally posted by: LOFBenson
Create the registry entry for the local user(s) on the local machine executing the program. It should work but you won't know till you test it.

On the key I have it pointing towards the F: drive (mapped drive) still ok?

 

[multiband8303]

I made the string on the local computer - here is the property of where its pointing...

F:\newescrow\START.BAT

so my key looks like F:\newescrow\START.BAT=WIN95

look good?