Windows files write protected

[jwallace]

Problem is this -

I have created a cheap "installer" using Aladdin's Stuffit. I create a self-extracting archive and it extracts the files of my runtime solution on the desktop of the windows user.

I have it place a shortcut on the desktop so the application can be easily opened.

When users start the program using the shortcut, they are notified as each file opens that the files are write-protected and cannot be modified. If they open the files directly by clicking the application icon, the files open and can be modified. -No problems- Any ideas?