Cannot save file with UAC on

Question

This is more a complaint than anything. I had to turn off UAC to save a file to the C drive in the Notepad++ folder. I only log in under an Admin account. I don't understand why I can't save a file to my harddrive with UAC on. It also asked for confirmation whenever I moved a folder or file to the C myprogram directory which is annoying. Not being able to save to the directory I wanted was truely frustrating.

Answer 1

I'll tell you what it is. Its DISABLED. And now I get an annoying popup everytime I turn on my computer. Like I could ever forget why I turned it off. lolz

Answer 2

I don't need to know what UAC is to save to my damn Harddrive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

Super. Now 90% of the security flaws which don't occur with the UAC turned on can now affect your PC.

(*sarcasm on*)Well done!(*sarcasm off*)

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Answer 4

Calm down. You have to know it. I wrote a "For dummies guide" about UAC. Read it to understand what UAC is:

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/135143-faq-what-is-the-uac/

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"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

Answer 5

I had to turn off UAC to save a file to the C drive in the Notepad++ folder. I only log in under an Admin account. I don't understand why I can't save a file to my harddrive with UAC on. It also asked for confirmation whenever I moved a folder or file to the C myprogram directory which is annoying. Not being able to save to the directory I wanted was truely frustrating.

Sorry to tell you this, but you need to learn what UAC is. With UAC you have standard user rights and can't write to C: and other folders like C:\Programs files or C:\Windows. You must start notepad++ with admin rights to have the permissions:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-do-I-run-an-application-once-with-a-full-administrator-access-token

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