Does the User have access to the Registry branch of the BDE, and also 
does the user have access to the location that contains the idapi.cfg file.

By default, if the BDE cannot find what it needs to identify the 
preferred location of the .NET file, the fallback location is C:\ which 
is what I believe you are seeing.
Leslie.


On 14/01/2019 10:18 AM, Kevin Zawicki wrote:
> The special user is admin and the NET folder is open to all users.
>
> "Anders" <anders.jonssonREMOVE@THISorrspelet.se> wrote:
>> I always thougt that the location of the NET-file must be with a mapped
>
>> drive...
>>
>> But if it's working for you...
>>
>> Maybe the special user hasn't rights to the folder?
>>
>> Anders
>>
>> "Kevin Zawicki"  skrev i meddelandet
>> news:5c3b5eeb$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...
>>
>>
>> I have a single PC, paradox 10+.
>>
>> The .NET file is located on:
>> C:\Data\Pdxnet
>>
>> I use:
>> \\[myComputerName]\data\Pdxnet in BDE and has no problems.
>>
>> PC has multiple users. All users show:
>> \\[myComputerName]\data\Pdxnet in BDE.
>>
>> [myComputerName] is the PC Name.
>>
>>
>> Multiple users can sign in and “switch users” and have no problems.
>>
>> I set up a “special” user to run automated paradox scripts on same PC, I
>> logged in as that user, set all up as needed, DBE checked. Runs everything
>> as needed interactively. Process runs with no problems interactively,
>> command
>> line, time, etc.
>>
>> Log out.
>>
>> I set up the Windows task scheduler to run process as special user. Command
>> line is fully pathed to PDX exe and the script, with all needed switches.
>>
>>
>> However, a new NET file is created every time this task scheduled user runs
>> a task and created on the root of C:.
>>
>> I have tried MANY combinations, verified everything, etc.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas on why? When running “blind” it seems to ignore
>> the DBE .NET location and drops to C:. If I log in as that user and run
>
>> Paradox
>> or this task, etc, it does not create the new .NET file.
>>
>> I may switch the URL reference to hard C: (would not matter for this set
>> up) but was wondering if anyone has seen this? The install is clean and
> been
>> in place for years.
>>
>

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