Re: Spooled File Viewing in RDP 8.0

[Mike Hockings <hockings@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As a general rule ...

If you are common install (i.e., installing to a C:\Program Files... 
directory) or update (using IM or whatever) in Windows Vista or later then 
you will want to run the installer with an administrator id AND use the 
Run-As-Administrator action.  This will give the install process a token 
that will allow it to write to the virtualized directories.  Failing to do 
this the installer may not run or run and not install (or license) things 
correctly.

You should not have to run RDP with Run-As-Administrator as it has no need 
to update stuff in the Program Files directory. 

Mike


Mike Hockings, P.Eng.
IBM Rational Developer for System z and Power Technical Support
IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory 
hockings@xxxxxxxxxx 
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From:   Doug Davie <dougdavie@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio 
Client for      System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   11/10/2011 01:49 PM
Subject:        Re: [WDSCI-L] Spooled File Viewing in RDP 8.0
Sent by:        wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



All,

I had called John off line to discuss this and work with him to get the 
RSE
Extensions working on his machine.
He is now all set.   Here's what we did:

1) In RDP we disabled the RSE Extensions.  Help-> Software Updates ->
Manage Configuration.
If this option is not available, examine your preferences.  Under
General->Capabilities check the Classic Update option.
2) Close RDP  (not restart)
3) Using the RSE Extensions uninstaller (unwise.exe in the RSE Extensions
directory), uninstall the RSE Extensions
4) Open RDP to ensure the RSE Extensions node is missing from the Manage
Configuration.  Close RDP
5) Using the RSE Extensions installer, reinstall.  However, be sure to
right click and "Run As Administrator"

NOTE:  We can't be 100% certain that these first 5 steps are necessary.
But because we did it I wanted to mention it here

6) When starting RDP, right click and "Run As Administrator"

It's possible that step 6 could have been the only step necessary.  But we
had already done steps 1-5.

Keep in mind that this user is running on a Windows 7 box, so these
instructions probably only apply to that OS.
Once John ran as administrator the once, he was then able to see the
plugins even if he subsequently did not run as administrator.

Another note:  We used the -clean option throughout some testing 
scenarios,
so that might have helped as well.
I do this by copying my RDP starting icon to another, then using the
properties of that 2nd icon, I change it to have the target:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\eclipse.exe" -clean -product
com.ibm.rational.rdpower.product.ide

-doug



On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Bob Cagle <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> John
>
> Doug ended up assisting me some over the phone.  If I remember right
> (it's been a year and I didn't keep a log for this), I did a complete
> uninstall of RDP, AND the plugin, and reinstalled RDP into its own
> directory outside of C:\Program Files, and then redownloaded/reinstalled
> the plugin.  If Doug remembers differently, maybe he can chime in (if he
> still follows this list).
>
> Everything has been working since, including since I upgraded to 8.03.
>
> Bob Cagle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Larimer
>
> > This is resurrecting an old thread back from Nov 2010.
>
> > There was a conversation between Bob Cagle and Doug Davie where Bob was
> trying to install the Softlanding RSE Plug-in to RDp 8.0 on a Win7
> 64-bit machine and Doug was offering advice on how to >troubleshoot.
> > I have the exact same symptoms described in that thread, trying to
> install to RDp 8.0.3.
> > Under status, it says:  This feature is not configured properly. No
> plug-in:"com.softlanding.rse.extensions" included at runtime.
> > I've done all of the troubleshooting the thread suggested which ends
> before a resolution is posted.
> > The thread leaves off at verifying the date of one of the manifest
> files.  My date is the same.
> > I found a file rse.txt that says "An expected installation of RDi could
> not be located. (Only instances of RDi Version 7.5  are able to be
> recognized.)  You must complete the installation routine, then install
> > the RSE Extensions manually using the instructions provided after the
> installation routine completes".  I never saw those instructions.
> > Does anyone know what I need to do to finish the install?
>
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