Vista - help! I'm in VISTA HELL

I move my visual studio project to my Vista machine under wwwroot. I open
the web.config file in notepad, by clicking on it in file explorer | open
with and I can't save the file because I don't have the right permissions.
Of course I can't open file explorer as administrator. so I have to open
notepad as administrator and them make the mod.

Is there a list somewhere on how to disable all of this stuff so I can get
back to getting something done?

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Regards,
Gary Blakely

"GaryDean" <gdeanblakely@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OsC2PEZ9IHA.1192@xxxxxxYou have a permissions issue. I too went to wwwroot and to a virtual
directory that had a web.config file, open it with NotePad and made a
change. It wouldn't let me save the file. I went to the wwwroot,
right-clicked it, Properties/Security tab/Advanced button. I made a change
to account User/(machine-name/users) so that it matched the permissions for
Administrators/(machine-name/administrators), the permissions conflict, and
now I can save the file.

You can also go to the Notepad short-cut and permanently set Run As
Administrator for Notepad, which is off of the Properties Advanced tab, but
I choose to run Notepad via the Run box.

"GaryDean" <gdeanblakely@xxxxxx> wrote:
You can run Windows Explorer as admin just as easily as Notepad. All
Programs > Accessories > right-click Windows Explorer an select Run as
Administrator from the context menu.
You can disable UAC in Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Account
Control on or off.

I would advice against turning off UAC though, as you will be throwing one
of Vista's main security improvements overboard and thereby exposing your
computer to malware. It is better to just change the folder permissions for
wwwroot:

In Windows Explorer, right-click the wwwroot folder > Properties > Safety
tab > Edit users. Add you own user name.

Charlie42

I'm not allowed to modify files but I'm allowed to change permissions so
that I can modify files. I suppose that makes sense so someone.

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Regards,
Gary Blakely
Dean Blakely & Associates
www.deanblakely.com
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"GaryDean" <gdeanblakely@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Of course you can. Start-All programs-Accessories, right-click on Windows
Explorer, choose "Run as Administrator"....