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How the heck do I install The Bat for multiple users?!, Second user install doesn't work
 
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I'm trying to install the latest version of
The Bat under Windows XP Pro. I have two users
set up on my computer, I'm the administrator.
I can install and run it on my account, but
when I install it on the second account, which
I gave "limited access" to, The Bat gives me an
error saying "Can't create default directory
C:\program files\the bat\MAIL". No matter if I
start the program via shortcut or directly, it
always comes up with this error.

When I give the 2nd user administrator rights, the
error goes away. So I even tried installing a
second copy of The Bat under the 2nd user's account
(switching the account to "administrator" temporarily,
to enable the install). But when I switched the
account back to limited, The Bat gave me the same error. I've tried looking through all the help files
that come with The Bat, looking through the forums and
the web via Google. And I can not find -anything- that
tells you how to install The Bat for multiple users.
All I could find was reviews saying The Bat supports
multiple users. Really? How?!! Do I need to know the
magic word? If The Bat forces me to make all my users
"administrators" on my system, then its useless to me.
 
 
 
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Access to directories is a Windows thing, not a TB thing.
However, you can choose between two solutions.

1) Make C:\program files\the bat\MAIL fully accessible to all users, so that everybody can create their accounts there

2) Set for every user his/her/its mail directory somewehere in C:\Documents and Settings\username\....
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I'm just a user of The Bat! I don't work for Ritlabs.
 
 
 
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Roelof Otten wrote:
1) Make C:\program files\the bat\MAIL fully accessible to all users, so that everybody can create their accounts there

No, this way doesn't work (Ver. 3.0.1.33) When I call The Bat! in a normal user account, it succeeds with its first installation and asks me, if I want to create a new account or restor an old one. But I want non of this. I want have access to the accounts created previosly as admin on a seperate mail directory wich is accessible for al users.

So what to do?
 
 
 
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When you create an "new" account with the same name and location as an existing mail-base, The Bat! will see it there and, with a quick confirmation, use the existing settings and data. Just point to the common mail directories and account names for each user installation. That should do it.
iviarck
 
 
 
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