Can't Get plugin to be recognized using sketchup 7

[GoogleCodeExporter]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. When I go to the plugins folder manually everything is there, however, when 
using the sketchup program the plugin is not showing up as an option.  I have 
the box checked to show ruby scripts, and still nothing.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Using sketchup 7 on windows 7

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by zgra...@hotmail.com on 13 Jan 2014 at 4:27

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Can you tell me a bit more about how you installed the plugin? Windows has this 
concept of User Account Controls which means that administrator level 
permission is required to place files in certain directories. If you place 
files there without this level of permission, you will see the files but the 
system will not and you will get results similar to what you are reporting.

Steve

Original comment by daltx...@gmail.com on 14 Jan 2014 at 1:45

• Changed state: Started

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I am on a business network computer, however my permissions are such that I 
don't have to enter any administrator passwords or permissions to install 
anything on this computer.  I do see the files in the plugins folder, but you 
are right, sketchup 7 pro is not recognizing them.  Is there a way to check 
these permissions to ensure this is not the case?

Original comment by zgra...@hotmail.com on 14 Jan 2014 at 8:37

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I think the issue is something they called UAC virtualization
from : 
https://decibel.ni.com/content/groups/windows-7/blog/2009/10/02/uac-virtualizati
on-and-how-it-affects-your-installers

"Symptoms of UAC Virtualization
Your applications might be experiencing the effects of UAC Virtualization if:

  Your application writes to Program Files, Windows directories, or the system root
               (typically the C drive) folders, but you can't find your files in these locations
 Your application writes to the Windows registry, specifically to HKLM/Software, but you
                can't see the registry updates
  You switch to another user account, and your application is unable to find files that were
   written to Program Files, Windows directories, or the system root (typically the C drive) folders,
   or it finds older versions of these files."

If you navigate to your Sketchup directory, then right click on the plugins 
folder and select "Properties", then click on the "security" tab, you will see 
what permissions each of the users on the system have ( select the user in the 
above box by clicking on the user and the permissions are listed in the below 
box). They should all have at minimum 'read & execute' and read permissions. If 
not you will have to change the security sessions as administrator.

Original comment by daltx...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2014 at 5:07