[X Newbies] Difficulty installing Endnote

Scott scott-xlists at scotist.com
Fri Oct 10 21:01:01 PDT 2003


On Oct 10, 2003, at 9:13 AM, Chris Foote wrote:
>>
>> Check to see that she does indeed have admin rights.
>>
>> Otherwise,
>> Does this machine have classic installed?
>> Has classic ever been launched? If not, launch classic. Then try 
>> again.
>> You may need to throw in a restart too.
>> Yoj might also want to repair permissions.
>>
>> --
>> Scott
> Classic should not be necessary; Endnote and its installer run under 
> X. But do repair permissions.
> Chris
> -- 
>

True, but I've run into a few brain-dead installers which fail if they 
can't find a valid classic system folder. Usually the " 1008.9, -5000, 
"Error creating folder. Access denied"" comes up in this case as well 
as those where there actually is a permissions error.



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