[fpc-pascal] 2.2.2 INSTALL PROBLEM

[John Youngquist]

Has anyone else ever seen this problem? Is this just a bug in 2.2.2 ?
The file is clearly where it is supposed to be and accessible from other 
programs.
Is this message erroneous or misleading? It does prevent compiling anything.

What could cause this?

JY




John Youngquist wrote:

> Thanks for all the info but I'm using XP. I can open the fp.cfg with 
> notepad.
>
> JY
>
>
> Michael Green wrote:
>
>> Hi John!
>>
>> I saw someone else that posted a similar issue. Are you using Vista? 
>> If so, this might help:
>>
>> * **Right-click** (not the usual left-click) the FPC folder from My 
>> Computer and select "Options" from the drop-down list (bottom entry).
>>
>> * There are 4 tabs at the top of the new window, one of them says 
>> "Security". Select that one and click the "Edit..." button (a window 
>> may pop up, asking for your permission to continue - Yes, continue...).
>>
>> * There's a list of groups/users and underneith that, a list of 
>> access rights. First make sure there's a group called "Users" in that 
>> first list (it should say something like "Users (John-PC\Users)"). If 
>> it isn't there, click the "Add..." button, in the next window click 
>> "Object Types.." and select (checkmark) "Users" then hit OK on this 
>> and the previous window.
>>
>> * If "Users" is already in the list, highlight it and from the list 
>> below select the "Full Control" in the "Allow" column - it will 
>> automatically select "Modify" as well, but will leave "Special 
>> Permissions" unselected. That;s ok, so leave it as that and click the 
>> "OK" button. A window will show what it's doing - applying these new 
>> security settings to the FPC folder and all subfolders / files.
>>
>> Now remember that in doing so, any user (Standard OR Administrator) 
>> on your computer can add/edit/delete folders and files in your FPC 
>> folder. If that's too much of a security risk for you, either upgrade 
>> your own user account to have Administrator rights (Start -> type 
>> "User" and select "User Accounts" from the program list -> Select 
>> "Change your account type") -OR- you can specifically select the 
>> FP.CFG file and apply these settings as outlined above to just that 
>> file instead of the whole FPC folder.
>>
>> Hope that did the trick for you, but use at your own risk ;-)
>>
>> -- Mike
>>
>> John Youngquist wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I JUST GOT 2.2.2 TO REPLACE MY 2.2.0 VERSION.
>>> When I compile a file that worked fine before it aborts immediately 
>>> WITH A MESSAGE:
>>>
>>> "UNABLE TO OPEN:  C:\FPC\2.2.2\BIN\i86-WIN32\fp.cfg
>>>
>>> Yet this file exists in this directory. Whats wrong?
>>>
>>> THANKS  JY
>>>
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