{"id":6252,"date":"2022-10-19T02:21:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T02:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=6252"},"modified":"2023-01-04T07:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T07:15:26","slug":"bloomberg-folder-and-file-permissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/research\/bloomberg-folder-and-file-permissions","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg Folder and File Permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The default installation directory for the Bloomberg Terminal\u00ae is \u201c\\blp\u201d. This location may be defined at the time of installation and does not affect the operation of the auto-update mechanism. <br>Please note: The initial installation of the Bloomberg Terminal\u00ae requires local administrative rights withwrite access to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;%ProgramData%\\{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} \u2013 these GUID values can change <br>for different versions of our full admin installations<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;%temp%<\/li>\n<li>%appdata%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Initial installations of Bloomberg Office Tools\u00ae (included in the Bloomberg Terminal\u00ae software) and Auto-updates of Bloomberg Office Tools\u00ae require execution access granted to:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;%ProgramData%\\miaXXXX.tmp\\bxlain.exe \u2013 where %ProgramData%\\miaXXXX.tmp is a temporary folder created by the installer and the \u201cXXXX\u201d is a placeholder for a generated hexadecimal number.<\/p>\n<p>Users must also be permissioned with full control access to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The root Bloomberg directory (e.g. C:\\blp) ( Confirmed Computername\\Users ) e.g. Domain users are added to this<\/li>\n<li>%temp%\\Bloomberg (and its subdirectories)<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;%localappdata%\\Bloomberg (and its subdirectories)\n<p>The following folders, and their contents, must not be deleted:<\/p><\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;%appdata%\\Microsoft\\Word\\Startup<\/li>\n<li>%temp%\\Bloomberg<\/li>\n<li>%ProgramData%\\{xxxx xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx }<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registry Rights <\/strong><br>Users must have the required rights or be granted the full control access listed below for the following <br>registry keys: <br>64-Bit Operating System<br>&nbsp;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Bloomberg L.P. <br>(and all keys created under this key) <br>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ CurrentVersion\\U<br>ninstall<\/p>\n<p>For 24 hour global customer support call +1 212 318 2000, +44 20 7330 7500, +65 6212 1000, +81 3 4565 8900 or press the HELP key twice on the Bloomberg Terminal\u00ae. Users can have the required rights or be granted the full control access listed below instead of \u201cUninstall\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><strong>32-Bit Bloomberg Office Tools on 64-Bit Operating System <\/strong><br>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Bloomberg Office Tools (32-Bit) <br><strong>64-Bit Bloomberg Office Tools on 64-Bit Operating System <\/strong><br>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Bloomberg Office Tools (64-Bit)<\/p>\n<p>Note: As of January 2020, 32-Bit versions of Windows Operating systems are no longer supported.<br>Required Rights for Windows 8, 10 and 11<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Query Value <\/li>\n<li>Set Value <\/li>\n<li>Create Subkey <\/li>\n<li>Enumerate Subkeys <\/li>\n<li>Notify <\/li>\n<li>Delete <\/li>\n<li>Read Control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Non-Required Rights for Windows 8, 10 and 11<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create Link<\/li>\n<li>Write DAC<\/li>\n<li>Write Owner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Short filenames (8.3 Filenames) are required in order to complete the installation of the Bloomberg <br>Terminal\u00ae. You may confirm short filename support on your system by executing the following, within a <br>command prompt: dir \/x c:<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The default installation directory for the Bloomberg Terminal\u00ae is \u201c\\blp\u201d. 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