Vista gone strange. C:\ drive read-only???

Firegod

Firegod

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Hello!

Could someone help me undo this please. I tried to save some work to my C:\ drive but it is set to read only and was saying "access denied". So I picked one folder at random, the "users" one and unticked read-only" and it went through all the files. I then checked the folder again, and it was set once more! :confused: Where is it getting this from?

It looks like everything is, program files, program files x86, etc, etc. :eek:

Thanks for any help!
 
I've seen similar weirdness. Like getting "Access denied" when settings are propagating from a top level directory to subdirectories.

Might have something to do with the fact that an Administrator account is not really an Administrator account, while UAC is on. :p

Possible solutions? :

1. Turn UAC off, perform actions, turn UAC back on?

2. Launch an Administrator Windows Explorer, perform actions? ( Tricky one )

3. Open an Administrator Command Prompt and use equivalent commands. ?
 
Hi peeps.

Well I turned off UAC and that seems to have helped, kind of. Some folders are still saying read-only and all the files in side are read-only but I've just tried to save some photo's in to my "pictures" folder on the C:\ drive and it has let me!

So I'll see how I get on with UAC off. Very strange indeed.

Thanks for the help!
 
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