Norman Silverstone wrote: > I have searched and failed to find an answer to my problem, perhaps I am > not asking the right question. On my desktop there is a folder > containing some software called VueScan. To run the software I open the > folder, find a blue square standing on a point and double click and away > we go. What I would like to try is running the programme as root how do > I do this, please? > > Norman > > >
Presumably the blue square has a name and an executable linked to it? Right-click on it, choose Properties. Then in a terminal do "sudo {path to file name}/file name}" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/