Required Permissions for Prolink Products
A table of the file and network permissions required by Prolink products
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written: 11/13/2023
last modified: 05/08/2024

For network permissions in general, the Windows user our software runs under must have read, write, and modify permissions to the network resource. In all cases below, read, write, and modify permissions are necessary for our software to function, unless otherwise noted. The lone exception is read-only spec plans stored on the network. As long as the spec plans do not have any features enabled that require writing to the spec plan, they can be read-only (see QC-Gage Spec Plans).

Program

Setting

Settings Path

Read

Write

Modify

DCS

Pickup folder

DCS Settings application

Y

Y

Y

DCS

Dropoff folder

DCS Settings application

Y

Y

Y

QC-CALC Real-Time

Data collection folder

Tools > Options > Data Collection > Data Source Information > File Path and Name

Y

Y

Y

QC-CALC Real-Time

Part file location (.qcq)

Tools > Options > Data Storage > Fixed Database Folder

Y

Y

Y

QC-CALC Real-Time, QC-CALC SPC, QC-Gage

Assignable Cause & Corrective Action files

QC-CALC: Tools > Options > AC / CA

QC-Gage: Tools > Options > Set Paths > AC / CA

Y

Y

Y

QC-CALC Real-Time, QC-CALC SPC, QC-Gage, SPC Office Buddy

Global settings file

Tools > Options > Data Storage > Global Settings File

Y

Y

Y

QC-Gage

Spec plan location

Tools > Options > Set Paths > Miscellaneous > Spec Plan Location

Y

see below

see below

QC-Gage

Shortcut button file

Tools > Options > Shortcut Buttons

Y

Y

Y

QC-Gage

Source backup folder

Tools > Options > Set Paths > Source File Backup Folder

Y

Y

Y

QC-Gage

Support file locations

Tools > Options > Set Paths > Support File Locations

Y

Y

Y

SPC Office Buddy

Excel Jobs folder

Tools > Options > Excel Jobs

Y

Y

Y

SPC Office Buddy

Report output folder

Tools > Options > Excel Jobs

Y

Y

Y

QC-Gage Spec Plans

The Spec Plan Folder can be read-only if the spec plans don’t have options enabled that require write access. If your spec plans use any of the settings below, QC-Gage must be able to write to the spec plan folder and will produce permissions error messages if it does not have the required access:

  • Choose Gages > Use this Spec Plan for Mastering Gages
  • Trace Fields > Trace Field Setup > Options area > Remember value between sessions
  • Group Assignment > Group Type > Assign groups based on a sequence
  • Group Assignment > Group Type > Assign groups based on user selection

Common Install Paths

For all of our software, the following folders and their subfolders must be readable, writeable, and modifiable by the Windows user that runs our software:

  • v.3.x
    • C:\Prolink\
  • v.4.x
    • C:\Users\Public\Prolink\
    • C:\ProgramData\Prolink\

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