[Virtualacorn-list] VA on Windows 8 - CAUTION
Chris Newman
cvjazz at waitrose.com
Mon Dec 24 04:11:29 GMT 2012
In article <64f5c80253.Alan.Adams at laptop.adamshome.org.uk>,
Alan Adams <alan at adamshome.org.uk> wrote:
> In message <5302b35ed8dave at triffid.co.uk>
> Dave Symes <dave at triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <90ea9a0253.Brian at brian.jordan9.btinternet.com>,
> > Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >> I have updated my desktop machine to run Windows 8 and have uncovered
> >> a couple of issues with running VA on it.
<Snip>
> From some earlier comments, I would strongly suggest installing VRPC
> somewhere which is NOT part of the Program Files or Program Files(X86)
> file systems. The permissions on those areas will rather aggressively
> interfere with VRPC's ability to alter files stored within itself.
It's a long time ago since I installed my VRPC but IIRC, it didn't give me a
choice of where to put it. Could it be, for instance, one a partition, rather
than the main C drive. Are there any limits/issues re where you can stick it
(no salacious answers, please).
--
Chris
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