In order to edit configuration files in PARTadmin under WIN7 or VISTA, PARTadmin has to be executed as Administrator.
Exception: Access to $CADENAS_USER is also given without Administration rights.
Example: Language settings for GUI or catalog language (see Section 1.3.1, “ Language selection ” in PARTsolutions - Administration Manual)
Not installed Admin modules or limited rights
Please regard on user clients that administration modules such as PARTlinkManager and PARTadmin are not installed or limit access rights via Windows privileges!
In some catalogs Administration privileges are mandatory.
In certain cases you can also recognize missing privileges at the lock symbol.
If, in the toolbar, the icon
is displayed, this signalizes that an
Administration module such as PARTadmin or PARTlinkManager has not
been started as Administrator. By clicking on the icon the module is
restarted - this time with Administration privileges.

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