Vista - How to create file on c:\

I have an app that creates some files in c:\.
It fails on VISTA on access violation.

Is it possible to enable access to root directory on drive c:

Blocking possible inappropriate access to the root folder on the system volume is one of the new security lockdown features of Windows Vista.

You have two choices here:

1. Contact the application developer and request an update (recommended).
2. Try running the application with elevated credentials. You can do this by right-clicking on it's icon and selecting Run As Administrator. Alternately, if you right-click the shortcut, select properties, then go to Compatibility, you can turn on the option to run as an admin in the "Privlege Level"" box.

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: but unless your application is an administrative application
doing so is a really bad idea and would, by definition, make your app
non-Vista compliant. Your app should be writing either into the user's data
directory or into some application specific directory under C:\ProgramData.

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Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:
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"Stoyan Malchev" wrote: