Write permission for labview.ini

[RonB]

When I select Tools > Options, LabVIEW gives me this error: "You do not have write permission for the LabVIEW configuration file...."

LabVIEW 7.1
OS: Win2000

I am a user in the Administrator Group. The machine is on a large network with a domain. If I log in as "Administrator", there is no error.

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> When I select Tools > Options, LabVIEW gives me this error: "You do
> not have write permission for the LabVIEW configuration file...."
>
> LabVIEW 7.1
> OS: Win2000
>
> I am a user in the Administrator Group. The machine is on a large
> network with a domain. If I log in as "Administrator", there is no
> error.

You apparently installed LV in a location, then changed user IDs so that
you no longer have write permission there. To make LV use a different
..ini file, make a shortcut/alias and set the command line to contain
-pref "prefFileName" with any sort of path you like.

Greg McKaskle

[RonB]

Thanks for the answer. Your assumption was correct. Details: In the shortcut Properties, I set the Target to:

"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.1\LabVIEW.exe" "-pref" "c:\UBTS_Dev\labview.ini"