Installing Open Workbench

Open Workbench is an open source project scheduling tool for Windows. Due to personal and corporate budget constraints, I've quickly found interest in this tool. Also, trying it out seemed interesting due to the fact that it calculates work and scheduling events more intuitively than Microsoft Project.

However, I've had some difficulty in installing Open Workbench and allowing it to run properly on my machine. It looks as if the program does not use proper security access for Windows. I always work in a limited user account in Windows and only run in Admin for rare administrative tasks (like installing programs). Well, after installing Open Workbench via an Admin user, it wouldn't run. I could have setup the program to "Run with different credentials" in Windows, but, I'd rather not require all users to enter the admin password.

Installing it strictly as a limited user didn't work because the installer couldn't write to C:\Program Files.

Allowing the limited user Full Control over the entire C:\Program Files directory was out of the question.

SOLUTION: Now, I know enough about Windows security to mess up a machine. But, I'm nowhere near an expert. So, I made a simple work around that I believe is more secure. As an Admin user, I created a folder C:\Program Files\Open Workbench and gave the Users group Full Control over that directory only. Then I installed Open Workbench from the limited user account into its default directory (C:\Program Files\Open Workbench). Since the folder already existed and it had full access, the install worked. The program now runs properly as either an admin or limited user.

However, I've only installed the darn thing. I haven't run it and thus, we'll have to see if the program runs properly down the road.