Beyond Vista

[nperis]

Hi,

I get a small error while installing BC 2.4.3 in Windows Vista RC2 about setup being unable to add Beyond to the context menu (but it actually does work as far as I can tell).
Was wondering was it a known issue?

Cheers,

Nick.

[Chris]

Re: Beyond Vista

Hi Nick,

Thanks for the problem report. I hadn't heard about this yet, but we'll make sure to look into it.

[Chris]

Re: Beyond Vista

Hi Nick,

I just installed BC 2.4.3 on Windows Vista RC2. I didn't get an error message about the context menu when I installed.

I'll continue to watch this to see if it happens for anyone else. If you have any problems or strange behavior on Vista, please let us know.

[nperis]

Re: Beyond Vista

Thanks Chris,

Just to let you know, I get the exact same behaviour in Vista Ultimate RTM.
It's a clean install on the same machine, connected to a Domain and running a beta version of McAfee.

[Chris]

Re: Beyond Vista

Nick,

Thanks for the follow up. I'll get a test environment setup to try this again.

[Chris]

Re: Beyond Vista

Hi Nick,

I tested again with Vista Ultimate RTM.

I didn't get the error message when I ran Beyond Compare's installer and checked to include the shell extension.

However, once BC was installed, running it normally I was not able to include or exclude the context menu. This looks like it is due to Vista's new security features.

If you right click on the BC icon and select "Run as Administrator", it should work to enable or disable the shell extension in the General section of Tools|Options.