Hi Smurfman,
Good to hear everything works fine. If you have any other questions or
concerns, please feel free to let us know.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks & Regards,
Jason Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| Thanks Jason.
| Last night I did put the %WINDIR% in the exception list...I am thinking
that
| when I tried this before perhaps there was a typo...but it seemed to look
| just fine when I logged in as admin, and looked at the program exceptions.
|
| Thanks
| J
|
| "Jason Tan (MSFT)" wrote:
|
| > Hi Smurfman,
| >
| > Thanks for posting!
| >
| > From your description, I would like answer your questions as below:
| >
| > Q: 1) I tried the %WINDIR%\programfolder\program.exe method before and
did
| > not seem to have good success...I was forced to enter C:\Windows\...
is
| > the %WINDIR% supposed to work?
| >
| > A: The %Windir% path can work fine. And in your scenario, this is a
| > recommended method to set the path. For detailed information, you may
refer
| > to description for setting of "Define Program Exceptions".
| >
| > Q: 2) Does it hurt anything building 2 entries in the program
exceptions
| > one for C:\WINNT the other for C:\Windows? If a program is not present
at
| > a particular location will this cause other problems?
| >
| > A: If you do not use %Windir% path. It does not hurt anything building
2
| > entries in the program exceptions. Also, it doesn't matter if a grogram
is
| > not present at a particular location.
| >
| > If there is anything that is unclear, please feel free to let me know.
| >
| > Thanks & Regards,
| >
| > Jason Tan
| >
| > Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| > | I built a GPO that had several program defined in the exception list,
| > several
| > | of which were listed as C:\Windows\... for help desk programs and
| > services.
| > |
| > | I have just started upgrading some Windows 2000 machines to
XP...during
| > | which the upgrade leaves the OS in the C:\WINNT folder.
| > |
| > | 1) I tried the %WINDIR%\programfolder\program.exe method before and
did
| > not
| > | seem to have good success...I was forced to enter C:\Windows\... is
the
| > | %WINDIR% supposed to work?
| > |
| > | 2) Does it hurt anything building 2 entries in the program exceptions
one
| > | for C:\WINNT the other for C:\Windows? If a program is not present
at a
| > | particular location will this cause other problems?
| > |
| > | Thanks
| > | Smurfman
| > |
| >
| >
|
