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| | But I AM the Administrator! I was trying to create a new folder in C/Program Files and it said that I do not have sufficent user privileges, and I should contact the administrator. Well, I AM the administrator! I have double-checked a dozen times, there is only one account on this computer (heck, it's only a week old!), it is my account and it is an/the administrator account. What's going on? What do I have to do to be able to create new folders in C/Program Files? |
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| Windows Vista x64 Ultimate | Re: But I AM the Administrator! I was trying to create a new folder in C/Program Files and it said that I do not have sufficent user privileges, and I should contact the administrator. Well, I AM the administrator! I have double-checked a dozen times, there is only one account on this computer (heck, it's only a week old!), it is my account and it is an/the administrator account. What's going on? What do I have to do to be able to create new folders in C/Program Files? Before submitting this post, I done a quick test on both folders by attempting to create a folder in each. In both cases, all that was required that I respond to a UAC prompt to continue. This is normal behavior for Vista. |
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| | Re: But I AM the Administrator! Carly, You have to override several layers of security to write in the c:/programs folder. That area is considered a critical system area and is protected. Basically only the system entity 'Trusted Installer' can create and install files in this area. Michael "Carly" <Carly@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:E24F63C8-B100-46DD-BC20-415DE8813ED2@xxxxxx Quote: > I was trying to create a new folder in C/Program Files and it said that I > do > not have sufficent user privileges, and I should contact the > administrator. > Well, I AM the administrator! I have double-checked a dozen times, there > is > only one account on this computer (heck, it's only a week old!), it is my > account and it is an/the administrator account. What's going on? What do > I > have to do to be able to create new folders in C/Program Files? |
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| | Re: But I AM the Administrator! Have you turned UAC off? This is one of the consequences of doing that. Make sure UAC is turned on. Log on with an administrator account. Open Windows Explorer and browse to the Program Files folder. Right click on it and pick New - Folder. Respond to the UAC prompts. Name the folder. Respond to the UAC prompts. You're done. There are two keys to doing this. UAC must be on. You must use Windows Explorer or another Vista compatible program that understands the security in Vista. System folders have different ACL's (NTFS Access Control Lists) from previous versions of Windows. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "Carly" <Carly@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:E24F63C8-B100-46DD-BC20-415DE8813ED2@xxxxxx Quote: >I was trying to create a new folder in C/Program Files and it said that I >do > not have sufficent user privileges, and I should contact the > administrator. > Well, I AM the administrator! I have double-checked a dozen times, there > is > only one account on this computer (heck, it's only a week old!), it is my > account and it is an/the administrator account. What's going on? What do > I > have to do to be able to create new folders in C/Program Files? |
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| | Re: But I AM the Administrator! Carly In addition to the other responses, to maintain the integrity of the security model in Vista, you may need to change the way you normally do some things. If you want to create new folders to store particular files, you need to create them within your own user folders tree. These are located in C:\Users\your name\...... -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Carly" <Carly@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:E24F63C8-B100-46DD-BC20-415DE8813ED2@xxxxxx Quote: >I was trying to create a new folder in C/Program Files and it said that I >do > not have sufficent user privileges, and I should contact the > administrator. > Well, I AM the administrator! I have double-checked a dozen times, there > is > only one account on this computer (heck, it's only a week old!), it is my > account and it is an/the administrator account. What's going on? What do > I > have to do to be able to create new folders in C/Program Files? |
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