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More info?)
I have don't know if you can do it the way you want. There are free tools as
SysInternals that may help you try by identifying and killing processes. --- Steve
http://www.sysinternals.com/
"m0e" <m0e@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Not a permissions issue at all. It's a sharing violation or files in use by a
process, namely .dat files and logs. I want my timing software to initiate a script
that will overwrite the entire logged-on user's Local Settings folder, so that the
next consecutive user seems to start with a fresh slate. I was wondering if I could
do this by killing [what] processes, then overwriting the files, then restarting
processes?
>
> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
>
> > I am not quite sure what your need is here but a user can change permissions
> > on any folder where he has full control or is the owner of the folder. If
> > you do not want them to change permissions then give them no more than
> > modify and remove them from ownership if they are the owner. If you have a
> > certain need for your application, give the group of users the needed
> > permissions to the folder. If the logged on user has proper permissions to
> > the folder and you need to change the permissions back to a certain
> > configuration, try to create a shorcut using fileacl to configure the
> > permissions to your needs. --- Steve
> >
> >
http://membres.lycos.fr/jfb/gb/gbtools/fileacl.htm -- info in fileacl
> >
> > "m0e" <mlindh@nols.org> wrote in message
> > news:20aaa01c4592e$eee095c0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > > Is there any way that a logged on user can reset the
> > > entire "%userprofile%\Local Settings" folder back to
> > > default? By first killing some process(es)? This is so
> > > multiple consecutive users can use the same logged on user
> > > account, but get a fresh start without a logoff/on. This
> > > is necessary in order to use certain session timing
> > > software.
> >
> >
> >