PRB: Visual Studio Analyzer Configuration Problems

ID: Q196756


The information in this article applies to:


SYMPTOMS


CAUSE

Visual Studio Analyzer installation procedures create a new user account called VUSR_<machine>, for example, VUSR_DEVELOP001 if your computer is named DEVELOP001.

This user account is used in some of the system services that Visual Studio Analyzer runs to collect performance information from your applications when it analyzes them.

If this user account does not have the correct access permissions, Visual Studio Analyzer fails in various places. The correct permissions are that all of the files it needs to access are readable and executable by the Everyone user group.


RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, do one of the following:


STATUS

This behavior is by design. This problem only arises if the default directory access permissions for Visual Studio or its associated products are changed on a computer where the components reside on an NTFS partition.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

  1. In Windows Explorer, go to the \Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio folder.


  2. Right-click on the folder, click Properties and click the Security tab.


  3. Click Permissions and use the dialog box to disallow the VUSR_<machine> user from accessing this directory.


  4. Run Microsoft Visual Studio Analyzer and create a project.



REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q192661 PRB: Error: Valec.exe - Invalid Current Directory

Additional query words: project fail error denied permission grant revoke


Keywords          : kberrmsg kbsetup kbNTOS400 kbVS600 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999