Unable to write to c:\Program Files (x86)\PLSQL Developer\\plugins\Comparesource.ini

[jangjangjang]

Hi,
Please help. I got a new machine running windows 7 enterprise and installed PL/SQL 9.0.6 version. I used to that the version 8 and had the comparesource. i downloaded the comparesource again from your plug-in site and installed this on my machine. installation was ok. no issues but when trying to do a compare, once i have chosen another file to check it with, i get error message "Unable to write to c:\Program Files (x86)\PLSQL Developer\\plugins\Comparesource.ini". note the 2 slash before PLUGIN. and once i get this error, i cannot do anything on PL/SQL anymore. i have to kill the pl/sql session.
please help

 

[Marco Kalter]

This is a 3rd party Plug-In. Can you contact the author of the Plug-In?

 

[jangjangjang]

Hi Marco,
Does the latest version of PL/SQL have a comparative tool that does the same?

 

[Marco Kalter]

No, there is no built-in compare tool.

 

[mike]

This plug-in is a front end for ExamDiff. It looks like the plug-in needs fixed. Until it is fixed, you can run ExamDiff without the front end.

If you look in the directory that PL/SQL Developer is installed in, you will see a folder called ExamDiff that contains the ExamDiff.exe program.

You can save the source code you want to compare as different file names. Then you can run ExamDiff and put in the files to compare.

I also like WinMerge, which is a freeware program that works similar to ExamDiff.

 

[mike]

P.S. Just in case you didn't notice. If you look in the CampareSource.txt that comes with the plug-in, it has the e-mail address of the author of the plug-in.

 

[jangjangjang]

perfect!!! i can use EXAMDIFF to replace CompareSource. It works the same way. Thank you so much Mike.

 

[jangjangjang]

i know... its a dead email address already. examdiff works the same so its a great alternative

 

[vlevi]

You cannot write to program files, only if you start PL/SQL Dev. in admin mode. or you completely disable uac. Do not do that.
Instead of, in the pl/sql developer preferences, you can set the plugins directory to an another directory, where you have write privilegs, for example c:\users\public\documents, or whatever you want.
Of course, you have to move all your plugins to that directory, and you can safely delete them from the program files/plsqldev/plugins folder.