6.0.2 Standard Palettes in Windows Vista
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg86000] 6.0.2 Standard Palettes in Windows Vista
- From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:41:52 -0500 (EST)
I complained earlier on this group that with 6.0.2 the behavior of the standard palettes (BasicMathInput, ColorSchemes, SpecialCharacters, etc.) has changed such that none of them remember their position or state. This is quite annoying if one has a special place for these palettes on the desktop. I finally found that this is because (in Windows Vista at least) Basic Users do not have permission to save these palettes. (In 6.0 and 6.0.1 they did.) In Windows Vista one can change the permissions by going to the Wolfram files, finding the palettes, right clicking on the palette notebook and choosing Properties. Then in the Properties box there is a Security tab. There is an Edit button that allows you to change the permissions. I changed the Basic Users permission to 'Full Control' and now the palettes remember their state and position. Someone from WRI might comment on whether 'Full Control' is the optimal setting and what operating systems require this change. -- David Park djmpark at comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/