Product(s): ProjectWise Explorer 

Version(s): 10.00.03.262 

 

Problem: When a user opens the ProjectWise Network Config, it opens in Admin mode not User mode.  Additionally, it does not show any of the DNS or Datasource listings, but it does honor them as the user can see the datasources in ProjectWise Explorer.  Because the user cannot see the server listed in the ProjectWise Network Config the server entries cannot be edited.  The user did not open ProjectWise as an administrator so it should be launching in user mode.   

 

Trouble shooting steps:  

• Checked the registry Entries to see if the user entries are there. Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bentley\ProjectWise\10.00\NetworkConfig 
• Installed and ran Process monitor 

Solution: 

This is related to when ProjectWise attempts to make sure older custom setup (“work-around”-style) still works. 

 

A common way for the administrator to get around the problem (non-admin user needed to edit this list) was to grant all users full access rights on the appropriate key. 

This can be seen in the process monitor log: 

14:14:38.9896627              rundll32.exe       6964       RegCreateKey                HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Bentley\ProjectWise\10.00\NetworkConfig               SUCCESS                 

 

Desired Access: All Access, Disposition: REG_OPENED_EXISTING_KEY 

This line represents the control panel applet to check if user has rights to edit that key („Desired Access: All Access “) and that level of access is granted. 

In this case the code decides that the user is “admin” and tries to mimic older behavior. 

 

The issue is resolved in 10.00.03.271 

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