Most users who activate projects using either an activity such as Launch or a desktop program such as have access to the shared FMRoot folder. Users whose computers are not connected to the network cannot access FMRoot and therefore need to use the File Management component for activation instead. When you install , the installation procedure asks whether the user has access to FMRoot and configures the user's computer accordingly. You can change this manually at any time simply by changing the value of a registry key.

The registry key is called UseFileManagerWebService and it is in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SPSS\COMMON\FileManager. Its default value is 0, meaning that activation will use FMRoot. To use the File Management component instead of FMRoot, change the value of this key to 1.

Users who do not have access to FMRoot and whose files are copied using the File Management component may notice that activation run slightly slower than for users with access to FMRoot.

The activation procedure does not normally allow users to select sample management scripts written in VBScript (.sam files). If your company has an overriding requirement to use .sam sample management scripts with projects, you may reinstate the option to select .sam files by setting the ShowVBScriptProvider key to 1 in the registry. This key is of type DWORD and is in \3\Activate. If the key is not defined or has a value of zero, .sam files cannot be selected.

Space characters should be avoided in the project names in order to avoid potential activation issues.

The IVFilesToBeCopied registry entry controls which files and file extensions are copied during local deployment. By default, IVFilesToBeCopied includes the following files and extensions that are automatically copied during local deployment:

You can define additional files and/or file extensions by updating the IVFilesToBeCopied user registry entry. The IVFilesToBeCopied registry entry is at: \mrInterview\3\Activate.