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Radish
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Is This a Bug in IFL and/or TBIView?

Post by Radish »

OS = Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
IFL = v3.06
TBIView = v4.39.0
User Account Control (UAC) = enabled

Scenario:
I am using an SSD drive. I image off the boot partition of the SSD using IFL bootdisk. When IFL is creating the image file(s) I have it create them on a separate partition of the SSD (one that I reserve only for use with tbi files). Once the image is made I reboot into the system. I want to check the image just made can be opened in TBIView. I double-click on the tbi file just made (in theory the files should open in TBIView) and then I get the following series of error messages:

---------------------------
TBIView
---------------------------
Insert media 1 containing file G:\Win 7 SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD.tbi
---------------------------
OK Cancel
---------------------------

If, in response to that error message, I click on the OK button then the same error dialogue is still shown. If I click on the Cancel button then the following error message appears:

---------------------------
TBIView
---------------------------
Unable to open file
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

I have only one option, click on the OK button. When I do that the following error message appears:

---------------------------
TBIView
---------------------------
Error 6 opening file G:\Win 7 SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD.tbi.
This usually means the file is not accessible or the file is invalid.
Ensure the file exists and the user has read permissions; Update to the latest version of TBIView; Consider checking or replacing system RAM.
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

I have no option but to click the OK button. When I do that the dialogue completely disappears. I should explicitly say that the files do in fact exist, all in one folder, on the SSD.

After a lot of struggling with this I found the following:

If I disable UAC, reboot the system, then double-click on the tbi file it opens in TBIView without difficulty. However, there is no way that I want to run the system without UAC running. So I re-enabled UAC, rebooted and looked for a solution elsewhere. What I found was that I had to take ownership of the folder containing the tbi files and, crucially, while doing that, had to select to "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects (and click the Apply button)." This despite the fact that the user account I use on the system is an Administrator account. It's almost like I'm having to reaffirm that the ownership of the tbi files in the folder are to have their ownership belong to Administrators (of which my own account is one) - which should be the case by default.

Once I do the above, taking ownership of the folder and all the files in it, then I can double-click on the tbi file and it will open okay in TBIView.

So, by my reckoning, something is going far wrong when I use IFL to create a image of the boot partition. Somehow, by some means, the ownership of the tbi files isn't being correctly assigned to Administrators. So my question is, is this a bug in IFL? I never had this problem before when using earlier versions of IFL (but, that said, at those times I was using a HDD not an SSD).

(I should also add that as part of my experimenting and trying to find a solution to this I did try explicitly launching TBIView.exe as an Administrator and when I did that TBIView would then open the files - however, that isn't a very convenient way of managing things. The taking ownership of the tbi files is by far the better solution. But why should I be having to manually do that? Seems to me there is a bug somewhere.)
mjnelson99
Posts: 785
Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:24 am

Re: Is This a Bug in IFL and/or TBIView?

Post by mjnelson99 »

Run as Administrator??????

On 5/1/2017 12:46 PM, Radish wrote:
> OS = Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
> IFL = v3.06
> TBIView = v4.39.0
> User Account Control (UAC) = enabled
>
> Scenario:
> I am using an SSD drive. I image off the boot partition of the SSD using IFL bootdisk. When IFL is creating the image file(s) I have it create them on a separate partition of the SSD (one that I reserve only for use with tbi files). Once the image is made I reboot into the system. I want to check the image just made can be opened in TBIView. I double-click on the tbi file just made (in theory the files should open in TBIView) and then I get the following series of error messages:
>
> ---------------------------
> TBIView
> ---------------------------
> Insert media 1 containing file G:\Win 7 SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD.tbi
> ---------------------------
> OK Cancel
> ---------------------------
>
> If, in response to that error message, I click on the OK button then the same error dialogue is still shown. If I click on the Cancel button then the following error message appears:
>
> ---------------------------
> TBIView
> ---------------------------
> Unable to open file
> ---------------------------
> OK
> ---------------------------
>
> I have only one option, click on the OK button. When I do that the following error message appears:
>
> ---------------------------
> TBIView
> ---------------------------
> Error 6 opening file G:\Win 7 SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD.tbi.
> This usually means the file is not accessible or the file is invalid.
> Ensure the file exists and the user has read permissions; Update to the latest version of TBIView; Consider checking or replacing system RAM.
> ---------------------------
> OK
> ---------------------------
>
> I have no option but to click the OK button. When I do that the dialogue completely disappears. I should explicitly say that the files do in fact exist, all in one folder, on the SSD.
>
> After a lot of struggling with this I found the following:
>
> If I disable UAC, reboot the system, then double-click on the tbi file it opens in TBIView without difficulty. However, there is no way that I want to run the system without UAC running. So I re-enabled UAC, rebooted and looked for a solution elsewhere. What I found was that I had to take ownership of the folder containing the tbi files and, crucially, while doing that, had to select to "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects (and click the Apply button)." This despite the fact that the user account I use on the system is an Administrator account. It's almost like I'm having to reaffirm that the ownership of the tbi files in the folder are to have their ownership belong to Administrators (of which my own account is one) - which should be the case by default.
>
> Once I do the above, taking ownership of the folder and all the files in it, then I can double-click on the tbi file and it will open okay in TBIView.
>
> So, by my reckoning, something is going far wrong when I use IFL to create a image of the boot partition. Somehow, by some means, the ownership of the tbi files isn't being correctly assigned to Administrators. So my question is, is this a bug in IFL? I never had this problem before when using earlier versions of IFL (but, that said, at those times I was using a HDD not an SSD).
>
> (I should also add that as part of my experimenting and trying to find a solution to this I did try explicitly launching TBIView.exe as an Administrator and when I did that TBIView would then open the files - however, that isn't a very convenient way of managing things. The taking ownership of the tbi files is by far the better solution. But why should I be having to manually do that? Seems to me there is a bug somewhere.)
>
>
Radish
Posts: 29
Joined: Sun May 10, 2015 7:42 pm

Re: Is This a Bug in IFL and/or TBIView?

Post by Radish »

mjnelson99 wrote:
> Run as Administrator??????

I have no idea what the point of your response is. :roll:

If you're saying, "How does anyone run tbiview.exe as administrator?" do the following:

(1) In Explorer drill to where you have tbiview.exe installed.
(2) Right-click on the file tbiview.exe and select "Run as administrator".
(3) When you get the UAC dialogue asking if you want the program to run, just click the Yes button.
(4) Now you are running tbiview.exe as administrator.

Alternatively, in your Start Menu:

(1) Go to the link/shortcut that launches tbiview.
(2) Right-click on it and select "Run as administrator".
(3) When you get the UAC dialogue asking if you want the program to run, just click the Yes button.
(4) Now you are running tbiview.exe as administrator.

P.S. You shouldn't normally run a program as administrator unless you have good reason to do so.
mjnelson99
Posts: 785
Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:24 am

Re: Is This a Bug in IFL and/or TBIView?

Post by mjnelson99 »

You are having problems that turning off UAC might fix. That is one way
to do that w/o actively turning it off.
Mary

On 5/2/2017 4:31 AM, Radish wrote:
> mjnelson99 wrote:
>> Run as Administrator??????
>
> I have no idea what the point of your response is.
>
> ![:roll:]({SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif)
>
> If you're saying, "How does anyone run tbiview.exe as administrator?" do the following:
>
> (1) In Explorer drill to where you have tbiview.exe installed.
> (2) Right-click on the file tbiview.exe and select "Run as administrator".
> (3) When you get the UAC dialogue asking if you want the program to run, just click the Yes button.
> (4) Now you are running tbiview.exe as administrator.
>
> Alternatively, in your Start Menu:
>
> (1) Go to the link/shortcut that launches tbiview.
> (2) Right-click on it and select "Run as administrator".
> (3) When you get the UAC dialogue asking if you want the program to run, just click the Yes button.
> (4) Now you are running tbiview.exe as administrator.
>
> P.S. You shouldn't normally run a program as administrator unless you have good reason to do so.
>
>
TeraByte Support
Posts: 3598
Joined: Thu May 05, 2011 10:37 pm

Re: Is This a Bug in IFL and/or TBIView?

Post by TeraByte Support »

it carries forward the security from the folder so you may have to change
owner in some cases. Once you change it on the folder and all files, the
next ones should be accessible without having to change permissions.

"Radish" wrote in message news:13723@public.image...

OS = Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
IFL = v3.06
TBIView = v4.39.0
User Account Control (UAC) = enabled

Scenario:
I am using an SSD drive. I image off the boot partition of the SSD using IFL
bootdisk. When IFL is creating the image file(s) I have it create them on a
separate partition of the SSD (one that I reserve only for use with tbi
files). Once the image is made I reboot into the system. I want to check the
image just made can be opened in TBIView. I double-click on the tbi file
just made (in theory the files should open in TBIView) and then I get the
following series of error messages:

---------------------------
TBIView
---------------------------
Insert media 1 containing file G:\Win 7 SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working
System SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD.tbi
---------------------------
OK Cancel
---------------------------

If, in response to that error message, I click on the OK button then the
same error dialogue is still shown. If I click on the Cancel button then the
following error message appears:

---------------------------
TBIView
---------------------------
Unable to open file
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

I have only one option, click on the OK button. When I do that the following
error message appears:

---------------------------
TBIView
---------------------------
Error 6 opening file G:\Win 7 SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System
SSD\2017-05-01 Win7 Current Working System SSD.tbi.
This usually means the file is not accessible or the file is invalid.
Ensure the file exists and the user has read permissions; Update to the
latest version of TBIView; Consider checking or replacing system RAM.
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

I have no option but to click the OK button. When I do that the dialogue
completely disappears. I should explicitly say that the files do in fact
exist, all in one folder, on the SSD.

After a lot of struggling with this I found the following:

If I disable UAC, reboot the system, then double-click on the tbi file it
opens in TBIView without difficulty. However, there is no way that I want to
run the system without UAC running. So I re-enabled UAC, rebooted and looked
for a solution elsewhere. What I found was that I had to take ownership of
the folder containing the tbi files and, crucially, while doing that, had to
select to "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects (and click the Apply
button)." This despite the fact that the user account I use on the system is
an Administrator account. It's almost like I'm having to reaffirm that the
ownership of the tbi files in the folder are to have their ownership belong
to Administrators (of which my own account is one) - which should be the
case by default.

Once I do the above, taking ownership of the folder and all the files in it,
then I can double-click on the tbi file and it will open okay in TBIView.

So, by my reckoning, something is going far wrong when I use IFL to create a
image of the boot partition. Somehow, by some means, the ownership of the
tbi files isn't being correctly assigned to Administrators. So my question
is, is this a bug in IFL? I never had this problem before when using earlier
versions of IFL (but, that said, at those times I was using a HDD not an
SSD).

(I should also add that as part of my experimenting and trying to find a
solution to this I did try explicitly launching TBIView.exe as an
Administrator and when I did that TBIView would then open the files -
however, that isn't a very convenient way of managing things. The taking
ownership of the tbi files is by far the better solution. But why should I
be having to manually do that? Seems to me there is a bug somewhere.)

Radish
Posts: 29
Joined: Sun May 10, 2015 7:42 pm

Re: Is This a Bug in IFL and/or TBIView?

Post by Radish »

TeraByte Support wrote:
> it carries forward the security from the folder so you may have to change
> owner in some cases. Once you change it on the folder and all files, the
> next ones should be accessible without having to change permissions.

Okay, thanks very much for the response.
DrTeeth
Posts: 1289
Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:58 pm

Re: Is This a Bug in IFL and/or TBIView?

Post by DrTeeth »

On Mon, 1 May 2017 10:46:23 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
Radish disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>However, there is no way that I want to run the system without UAC running.

Why? It is just an annoyance. The first thing I do after installing
Windows is to disable it.
--
Cheers,

DrT

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