Unable to access transferred files (corporate computer requires admin account to install)

[idoric]

Steps to Reproduce:

• log on to the computer as a normal user
• install on a computer A that requires an administrator username and password to be able to install anything
• transfer files and directories from a computer B to computer A via Winpinator
• try to "open" or "show in explorer…" these files and directories

Actual result:
For a file, nothing happens. For a directory, nothing happens with "show in explorer…", but with "open" Windows says that we aren't authorized to access the directory C:\Users<admin account>\Documents\Winpinator<loaded directory>.

Expected result:
Be able to access and open files and directories that have been transferred to the computer, for example in C:\Users<normal user account>\Documents\Winpinator<loaded directory>.

Long story short, my administrator kindly entered his password for the installation, but he won't give access to the directory which belongs to the admin account.

Proposed solution: create a Winpinator directory per user, in his personal directory, in order to have no problem with reading and writing rights.

[swiszczoo]

Hi, I haven't tried to replicate it yet but if it works like that, it's definitely a bug (it's supposed to use your own Documents directory). Can you check if this workaround works for you? Go to Preferences and under General tab there is a box called Location for received files, where you can select change your save path to some dir that belongs to your account. It should be stored for each Windows user separately.
Thanks.

[idoric]

I will test the workaround as soon as possible, which means not before two weeks unfortunately.

[idoric]

Sorry for the wait, I have now been able to test the workaround, and I confirm that it works.