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  ResilientSystems > 2021-11-16 05:45

  Good morning everyone,
  
  Just experiencing an odd issue with my QuickAccess Pop software not recognising the location of the QuickAccessPopup.ini file.  So, I always run the program as an administrator, as my normal day to day account is non-admin, and I have never suffered this issue before, but since the last update, I cannot access all my snippets/settings.
  
  When I click to open the settings from the main menu, (Customise > File > Edit QuickAccessPopup.ini) it opens up the file stored in my admin account folder.  When I then go to Options > General and check the Settings Folder this is set to my normal user account location, is there a way to reset the ini file load from the actual folder stored in the settings?? (please see image)
  
     
  
  Windows 11
  QAP: v11.5.2.1
  Standard Windows File Explorer
  
  Thank you in advance for your help
  
  Cheers
  Andy

• RE: QuickAccess PopUp Location Issues

  Horst > 2021-11-16 06:37

  Sorry, but running QAP as admin is the badest security decision you can make.
  Whatever you run from QAP will run with enhanced rights.
  
  If you insist of this behaviour you can install the portable QAP
  and you have the same settings
  from whatever account you are running.

• RE: QuickAccess PopUp Location Issues

  Jean Lalonde > 2021-11-16 09:09

  Hi,
  
  Check if you do not have an alternative settings file configured:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This will reset the setting file to the one in your regular account. If this works, you could copy your settings from your my admin account folder to your regular account folder.

• RE: QuickAccess PopUp Location Issues

  joeNOR > 2021-11-16 09:38

  In general I agree with Horst, running QAP in elevated context is risky, and you possibly gets issues with elevated (admin) and non-elevated (user) contexts.
  
  But, if you want/need to do this, use the /Settings switch to override where the ini file is located. Make that location accessible from both contexts.
  
  Can I set the QAP settings file location from the command line or a file shortcut?
  
  Regards,
  joeNOR

• RE: QuickAccess PopUp Location Issues

  ResilientSystems > 2021-11-16 10:34

  Hi All,
  
  Thank you for your advice and workarounds, in the end, the only way I could get it to work was to copy the settings from my local account to my admin account location, and that is fine for now. Also, thank you to everyone that warned me about the security aspects, and I totally understand these, but as my work as an MSP, most of the shortcuts I need are in admin command prompts/PowerShell prompts. If anyone has a solution on how I can run QAP in any elevated program that would be appreciated, and I do not mind entering my admin password everytime
  
  Cheers
  Andy

• RE: QuickAccess PopUp Location Issues

  Jean Lalonde > 2021-11-16 10:51

  Have you read these 5-6 entries in the Knowledge Base?
  https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/tag/admin-mode/

• RE: QuickAccess PopUp Location Issues

  joeNOR > 2021-11-16 11:39

  I'm not sure I understand what the problem is.....?
  
  With QAP portable I can run two QAP's at the same time, one elevated, the other non-elevated.
  And, I can use Shared Menus between them.
  And, have different icons in the systray.
  
  In QAP you can let tools request elevation or you can let QAP request elevation (under "Advanced Settings) for each favorite.
  
     
  
     
  
  Regards,
  joeNOR
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