Mactype: Selecting a profile in MacTray doesn't change profile

Created on 8 Nov 2018 · 37Comments · Source: snowie2000/mactype

It seems like changing the profile from MacTray doesn't work, you have to use the Wizard.

To repro:

Use Standalone or Compatibility Modes
Right click MacTray, select a different profile
Re-open Cent Browser, Explorer, etc

Expected outcome:

New profile is rendered

Observed outcome:

Profile is the same

Source

sammilucia

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Check the mactype.ini file and see if the value of key AlternativeFile is changed accordingly.

snowie2000 on 8 Nov 2018

No it's not changing

sammilucia on 8 Nov 2018

Did you run MacTray as Administrator? It is typically because of the permission problem.

snowie2000 on 8 Nov 2018

No, but I'm using the new installer, so I have Modify privs on MacType.ini

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Did you run MacTray as Administrator? It is typically because of the
permission problem.

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sammilucia on 8 Nov 2018

Yes it works running MacTray as Administrator ... Just not as a User. I can't see any reason it shouldn't work running as User though.

sammilucia on 10 Nov 2018

Yes it works running MacTray as Administrator ... Just not as a User. I can't see any reason it shouldn't work running as User though.

I think you only gave sufficient permission to administrators, but as a non-elevated process, it has only at most power user privilege.

snowie2000 on 10 Nov 2018

Yes however my point is User now has permission to change MacType.ini, so why wouldn't it work as User?

sammilucia on 11 Nov 2018

Try to give full control to everyone. that's how I solve the problem every time it doesn't work with specific user privilege

snowie2000 on 11 Nov 2018

Tested, no that didn't work either. It's not a permissions problem, MacTray.exe doesn't actually try to write MacType.ini when it's not running as Administrator...

Running as User - has an 'open if' condition which fails within MacType.exe and doesn't attempt an actual write:

So I think it's conditionally failing in code (via exception handling), not because of actual file permissions.

Running as Administrator - here's the write:

sammilucia on 11 Nov 2018

Yes, I do have a permission checking here. Can you give the file full control to everyone and try again?
Thanks.

snowie2000 on 12 Nov 2018

I already did that, it made no difference

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Yes, I do have a permission checking here. Can you give the file full
control to everyone and try again?
Thanks.

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sammilucia on 12 Nov 2018

Okay, so I'm wondering if you start CentBrowser as administrator in Registry mode, will it able to hook into its child processes?

snowie2000 on 12 Nov 2018

Just tested Cent Browser (Administrator) in Registry Mode after a clean reboot - nope, no change. So weird!

sammilucia on 12 Nov 2018

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@sammilucia Does it still happen after you freshly installed the new version? I tried with my Windows 10 VM, and it looks nothing wrong with profile switching without administrator privilege.

snowie2000 on 6 Dec 2018

@snowie2000 will check shortly

sammilucia on 7 Dec 2018

@snowie2000 It seems to be working when MacTray is run from MacWiz. When you run it manually though (in non-admin mode), the profiles don't change.

sammilucia on 8 Dec 2018

Please use process monitor to see which file to Mac tray is writing to.

I think the Mactype.ini is virtualize to to another folder because of the UAC. When you run elevated the virtualization is disabled.

snowie2000 on 8 Dec 2018

It's the same as my comment above (https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/issues/474#issuecomment-437652480) MacTray doesn't actually attempt to write to MacType.ini unless it's running as Administrator

sammilucia on 8 Dec 2018

The problem will only occur if a user manually launches MacType from the icon. One other workaround is that the installer sets MacTray to run as Administrator always...

sammilucia on 8 Dec 2018

It shouldn't be done this way as some users don't have the administrator privilege, and windows with UAC turned on doesn't allow applications that require elevation to run at startup (unless via task schedule).

snowie2000 on 8 Dec 2018

Yes I know ... But that doesn't mean users won't run it manually and then find they're not able to change profiles...

sammilucia on 9 Dec 2018

The problem is that it looks like you are the only one facing the problem so far.

snowie2000 on 9 Dec 2018

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@sammilucia Try this one. It gives you some message boxes on profile switching.
MacTray-debug.zip

snowie2000 on 9 Dec 2018

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I do have a tendency to find weird bugs.

You clicked a menu item
You chose C:\Program Files\MacType\ini\extratype.ini
Writing string ini\extratype.ini to file C:\Program Files\MacType\MacType.ini
The operation completed successfully
Reloading

And it worked! Looks like adding debug code fixed the problem 😂

sammilucia on 9 Dec 2018

WTF.....
You're not alone, I fixed many bugs by only adding logs. 😁😁😁

snowie2000 on 9 Dec 2018

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MacTray-debug-log2.zip

Okay, so only one log left. See if it still works.

snowie2000 on 9 Dec 2018

Yep it's still working.

I didn't replace MacType64.dll - did you want me to?

sammilucia on 9 Dec 2018

No, definitely not. It's really weird.
I'm gonna remove every log see if the "log method" magically fixed the problem.

snowie2000 on 9 Dec 2018

MacTray-debug-nolog.zip
Here you go. The moment of truth.

snowie2000 on 9 Dec 2018

What did you change? 😊

sammilucia on 9 Dec 2018

It's working! You'll probably tell me you didn't change anything 😂

sammilucia on 9 Dec 2018

Exactly what am I going to say.

snowie2000 on 9 Dec 2018

Lol aaarrrrggghh!!

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sammilucia on 9 Dec 2018

Did you forget to set your compatibility property back of the mactray app.

snowie2000 on 9 Dec 2018

No it's not using compatibility, it's just running as user.

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Did you forget to set your compatibility property back of the mactray app.

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