[THIN] Re: 64-bit 2003/Citrix w/SAP
- From: "Landin, Mark" <Mark.Landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:32:01 -0500
I don't think that's going to act like a "redirection" of a directory in
one directory tree to the same directory in another directory tree like
Chad is needing. That's more like the UNIX concept of a file link, where
a given directory or file object can be referenced by multiple names. To
my knowledge, shortcuts do not provide that kind of functionality. The
closest kind of functionality that I can think of is the old DOS SUBST
command, and that too isn't going to apply to this situation.
MS really caused headaches when they split up their own naming
conventions (for both file systems AND the registry) to have seperate
but parallel locations for 32-bit vs 64-bit software. I kind of
understand why they did it, but cannot accept that this was their best
option! I know a lot of other systems (say, HP-UX, which is what I have
experience with) that doesn't expose the user to the difference between
a 32-bit and 64-bit executable. The 800-lb gorilla, wihere Microsoft's
interests and priorities trump those of their customers, strikes again.
Obviously, the application is at fault as well for hard-coding path
names, but MS very likely had the ability to shield us from these kinds
of problems ... they just chose not to.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:00 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: 64-bit 2003/Citrix w/SAP
what happens if you put a shortcut in "program files" that points to the
location in "program files (x86)" that you need?
Greg
On 3/15/07, Schneider, Chad M <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
WE have SAP GUI running on 64-bit W2K3 and 64-bit Citrix PS 4.5.
Works great.
What is not working is the BEX portion of SAP. It appears to
have a hard coded path to the "c:\program files" install path, yet when
installed on a 64-bit server, it installs to "c:\program files (x86)".
Any idea how to change BEX to use the proper path?
Chad Schneider
Technology Analyst/Citrix Admin.
Bemis Company, Inc.
920-303-7609
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