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"Michael Moser" <michael-nospam.moser@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Occasionally Vista and its permission handling really drives me nuts: I
> needed to replace a certain .exe file in a subdirectory of "C:\Program
> Files" but for some, to me unexplainable, reason Vista at first did not
> let me delete the old version.
>
> The file was owned by "Administrators" of which I am a member. When I
> checked "Effective Permissions" of that file for my user-id I had ALL
> necessary permissions (including "Full Control", "Delete" and "Take
> Ownership"). However, if I tried to delete the file or take ownership,
> then I got errors that I don't have the necessary permission.
>
> Only after I added my user-id explicitly to the file's permission list and
> gave me "Full Control" , then I was able to delete the file. Why was it
> not enough that I am of user type "Administrator" and also member of the
> "Administrators"-group?
>
> Michael
>