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cranberry

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I run the program (notepad) as administrator and i get a window that says access is denied what do i do if anyone can help me if you can i would very much appreciate it.:(
 

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Are you sure Notepad is running as admin?
 

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cranberry said:
I run the program (notepad) as administrator and i get a window that says access is denied what do i do if anyone can help me if you can i would very much appreciate it.:(
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what are you trying to open? hosts? what directory is it in?
 

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zigzag3143 said:
cranberry said:
I run the program (notepad) as administrator and i get a window that says access is denied what do i do if anyone can help me if you can i would very much appreciate it.:(
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what are you trying to open? hosts? what directory is it in?
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hosts is the first place a computer will go to try to resolve a web address. I think in UNIX it was stored in etc/hosts.

You may need to add permission to edit file. Or open as admin. B/c normally a user would not own this file.
 

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Aha.

Edit the Hosts File

Non-frequent Edit

  1. Open Notepad with Administrative privileges by clicking Start, All Programs, Accessories, and then right-click Notepad and select to open as Administrator.
  2. Now that Notepad is open with Administrative privileges browse to (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc) in Notepad and open the hosts file.
Now you can edit and save the hosts file.
Frequent Editing
I sometimes frequently edit my hosts file and like a shortcut on my desktop for easy editing. Here’s how to create a shortcut on your desktop and lets you quickly and easily open your hosts file with Notepad and edit it.

  1. Send a shortcut to Notepad to your desktop by right-clicking Notepad in the start menu and selecting send to desktop.
  2. Right-click the shortcut to Notepad on your desktop and select properties.
  3. Click the advanced button near the bottom of the shortcut tab and check off run as administrator. Click OK in the advanced properties window.
  4. Replace %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe with %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in the target box. Click OK in the properties window to save the changes.
Now all you have to do is open that shortcut to open your hosts file with Notepad with administrative privileges.
 

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cranberry said:
i run as admin and then
its C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
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You try save as *.doc, and save to desktop?


also can you right click the file before you change it and get the owner?
 

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lemur said:
Aha.

Edit the Hosts File

Non-frequent Edit

  1. Open Notepad with Administrative privileges by clicking Start, All Programs, Accessories, and then right-click Notepad and select to open as Administrator.
  2. Now that Notepad is open with Administrative privileges browse to (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc) in Notepad and open the hosts file.
Now you can edit and save the hosts file.
Frequent Editing
I sometimes frequently edit my hosts file and like a shortcut on my desktop for easy editing. Here’s how to create a shortcut on your desktop and lets you quickly and easily open your hosts file with Notepad and edit it.

  1. Send a shortcut to Notepad to your desktop by right-clicking Notepad in the start menu and selecting send to desktop.
  2. Right-click the shortcut to Notepad on your desktop and select properties.
  3. Click the advanced button near the bottom of the shortcut tab and check off run as administrator. Click OK in the advanced properties window.
  4. Replace %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe with %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in the target box. Click OK in the properties window to save the changes.
Now all you have to do is open that shortcut to open your hosts file with Notepad with administrative privileges.
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Srry i didnt get number 4
 

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cranberry said:
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  1. Replace %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe with %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in the target box. Click OK in the properties window to save the changes.
Now all you have to do is open that shortcut to open your hosts file with Notepad with administrative privileges.
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Srry i didnt get number 4[/QUOTE]

In properties, you can access the target box. It might just be easier for you to follow the first procedure.
 

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Re: Take Ownership of file question nuber 8 i picked my owner but then i forgot to Replace owner on subcontainers and objects, so basically im screwed right? how can i change that
 

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Re: Take Ownership of file

cranberry said:
question nuber 8 i picked my owner but then i forgot to Replace owner on subcontainers and objects, so basically im screwed right? how can i change that
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Go back and re-do it with /s (sub folders) checked. Your not scre**D unless the files belong to admin and you dont have admin privledges.

Ken
 

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Cranberry

Ok you are having trouble with saving the hosts file. Why do you need to change it?
 

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