Vista Does Not Allow me to Save to C drive

Why does Vista stop me from saving a file where ever I want?
It will not allow me to save a file to my C:\ . It makes me save it to a
folder under the C:\.
Boy do I miss Windows XP SP2.
Security is one thing, but give me a break, there are some of us out there
that know what they are doing.

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Hello,

do you have write access to C:\?
Check on it: Right-click the harddisk, click "Properties" -> tab "Security".
If you are not listed or don't have enough permissions, click "Edit" -> give
access to your user name.

Please report if there's an issue.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

"The Cat's Meow" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:C98A2199-664A-49BC-9BBD-...
> Why does Vista stop me from saving a file where ever I want?
> It will not allow me to save a file to my C:\ . It makes me save it to a
> folder under the C:\.
> Boy do I miss Windows XP SP2.
> Security is one thing, but give me a break, there are some of us out there
> that know what they are doing.
>
> --
>

Saving to the root of C: (system/boot drive) has never been a good idea.

This is just one of the problems people who know what they are doing may run
into: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397/

There are others.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"The Cat's Meow" <> wrote in message
news:C98A2199-664A-49BC-9BBD-...
> Why does Vista stop me from saving a file where ever I want?
> It will not allow me to save a file to my C:\ . It makes me save it to a
> folder under the C:\.
> Boy do I miss Windows XP SP2.
> Security is one thing, but give me a break, there are some of us out there
> that know what they are doing.
>
> --
>

I dont think he was asking if it was a good idea. He was asking about being
able to do it. I admit I get sick of the trolls on this board, but I am also
tired of seeing someone with a question about vista getting told "Microsoft
took out that feature because you dont really want to do that." or my
personal favorite "Buy a different software that is compatible."

Having said that..

I can save to my C without issue. I would ensure that you have an admin acct
or have write permissions to the drive.

Happy Friday everyone!


"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Saving to the root of C: (system/boot drive) has never been a good idea.
>
> This is just one of the problems people who know what they are doing may run
> into: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397/
>
> There are others.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "The Cat's Meow" <> wrote in message
> news:C98A2199-664A-49BC-9BBD-...
> > Why does Vista stop me from saving a file where ever I want?
> > It will not allow me to save a file to my C:\ . It makes me save it to a
> > folder under the C:\.
> > Boy do I miss Windows XP SP2.
> > Security is one thing, but give me a break, there are some of us out there
> > that know what they are doing.
> >
> > --
> >
>
>

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 09:11:55 -0400, "Richard Urban"
<> wrote:

>Saving to the root of C: (system/boot drive) has never been a good idea.
>
>This is just one of the problems people who know what they are doing may run
>into: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397/
>
>There are others.


Suggestion to Richie, spend more time actually learning what you're
doing instead of all the time you spend trying to make us believe you
know what you're doing.

"The Cat's Meow" <> wrote in message
news:C98A2199-664A-49BC-9BBD-...
> Why does Vista stop me from saving a file where ever I want?
> It will not allow me to save a file to my C:\ . It makes me save it to a
> folder under the C:\.

The application requires administrative rights to write to that location,
that means the application you're using will need to be elevated beforehand,
typically by right-clicking and selecting Run as administrator.

> Boy do I miss Windows XP SP2.

You can always install it.

> Security is one thing, but give me a break, there are some of us out there
> that know what they are doing.

However as Richard said, write to the user folder instead, that's what its
there for.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Paul Smith wrote:
> "The Cat's Meow" <> wrote in message
> news:C98A2199-664A-49BC-9BBD-...
>> Why does Vista stop me from saving a file where ever I want?
>> It will not allow me to save a file to my C:\ . It makes me save it to
>> a folder under the C:\.
>
> The application requires administrative rights to write to that
> location, that means the application you're using will need to be
> elevated beforehand, typically by right-clicking and selecting Run as
> administrator.
>

Exactly. Windows is not preventing you from doing it, it is preventing
the application from doing it, because the application did not ask you
for admin power.

In Windows Vista, applications are supposed to ask you for your
permission whenever they want to perform an admin action.

This one doesn't (and I am sad to say there are some MS applications in
Vista that don't do this correctly either).

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-JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/