KBA-01066: How does the Spitfire dashboard find the shared Microsoft Dynamics SL files?

Question:

How does the Spitfire dashboard find the shared Microsoft Dynamics SL (DSL) files?

Answer:

The most prevalent and successful way for sfPMS to locate the shared DSL files on your network is by interrogating DSL itself once it is running.Windows uses the system registry valueHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionApp Pathsparent.exepathto find and start Microsoft Dynamics SL.

Additional Comments:

If Microsoft Dynamics SL cannot be started by Windows, the system registry is interrogated for a value for

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARESolomonSolomon IV Tools for Visual BasicParentDirectory


KBA-01066;  Last updated: October 12, 2016 at 11:56 am;