No override switch, they have to contact IT to get the file removed. That way we can see what is going on and who is causing the problem.
-----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Limit the amount of times an application can be opened? On 1 Jun 2010 at 15:29, Terry Dickson wrote: > Well we have some old DOS based 16-bit apps that can be opened only once. > I created a Batch they use to run the application. The batch file > writes a file on opening and deletes the file after the program is > closed. If the file is already present they can´t open the > application. Then I compiled the batch file to an exe and voila, they are > stuck with only one user. Don't forget an override switch for those rare occasions when the app or workstation crashes and the .lock file is left behind. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
