To get a drive mapped on a Vista machine with UAC (User Account Control) turned on.

1. Make sure UAC is turned on. If you had to turn it on, make sure you have rebooted.
2. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box (or Run box), and then press ENTER.
3. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
4. Point to Edit and select New, and then click DWORD Value.
5. Type EnableLinkedConnections, and then press ENTER.
6. Right-click EnableLinkedConnections, and then click Modify.
7. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
8. Exit the Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.
9. Add the file nonetdir.cfg to the program directory (e.g. F:\EAPPW).
10. Click on the Start button and move to Programs \ Accessories and right click on Command Prompt.
11. Select run as Administrator.
12. In the DOS prompt navigate to the program folder.
13. Run setupws.exe.
14. You need to tell the shortcut to run as administrator.

Side notes:

· “Printer is not valid”

If its 64bit it NEEDS a 64bit printer driver. Even if they say “well it works with my other programs”. Windows 64bit NEEDS a 64bit driver. 32bit drivers will work but only because PCL5 and PCL6 can somewhat emulate 64bit behavior. So a 32bit driver won’t work with all apps on all occasions.

· With UAC turned on there are also 2 copies of the idapi32.cfg file. This is because UAC doesn’t allow the modifications of files in the “Program Files” folder except during the initial install. So instead Vista “virtualizes” that folder in...

C:\Users\(USERNAME)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\ (specific app folder)

So, you can copy the file that’s in the above path to…

C:\Program Files\Borland\Common Files\BDE (or visa versa)

And be OK from there.