[X-Newbies] Game Opens to EULA, Fails in User Acc'ts

[Al Poulin]

Vincent:  Thanks for the tip.  I'd like to alias, copy, or move stuff.  
I looked in the Libraries for both the Admin and other user, also the 
System library.  Nothing there in Preferences for the Zoo.  I did not 
detect anything along the line of licenses or other files that were 
changed or installed the same date as Zoo Tycoon.

Is there any other file category to look at closely?

On Dec 31, 2004, at 10:41 PM, Vincent Cayenne wrote:

> At 9:01 PM -0500 12/31/04, Al Poulin wrote:
>> In the user accounts, all except Zoo Tycoon run.  The error message 
>> is:  "Zoo Tycoon cannot be played from a locked or write protected 
>> volume.  You may want to re-install Zoo Tycoon on an unlocked volume 
>> to fix this problem."
>
> Sounds like the app has placed preferences, licensing or other files 
> in a location only accessible/writable by the installing user. 
> Probably within the user's Library hierarchy. Since anywhere within a 
> user's space is usually inaccessible to other users (or at least 
> un-writable), it's preventing use of the app from those accounts.
>
But I thought that anything loaded by Admin and placed in Applications 
should be available to all other users unless specifically restricted 
for them by the Admin guy.

> You could try finding the relevant files, placing copies in the same 
> relative location in the "Shared" user account hierarchy, then place 
> aliases in that relative location each ordinary user's hierarchy. Or 
> even put copies in the location for each user (skipping the Shared 
> user approach).
>
> Or call the developer/distributor and ask them for a solution.

Might do that.  Tried Aspyr, the vendor's web site, but looks like it 
is on holiday.

Al Poulin
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