I was trying to save a batch file to C:\. Windows said I didn't have permission to do so. I was an administrator (groups->administrators) and the properties of C:\ showed that I had the full control. Since administrators have full control, I don't know why I couldn't write to C:\. How do I write to C:\?
The owner of C:\ is trustedinstaller. Maybe I could change the ownership and get the control but I don't want to change the ownership.
Windows has a thing called User Account Control. With that on, Administrators do not actually get to do things requiring elevated privileges until they give the OK in a dialog box. If you have turned UAC notifications off, then the action will simply fail without
giving you the opportunity to OK it. I suggest you turn UAC notifications back on.
I suggest you change your mind and save your scripts elsewhere. Just for example, I save mine in a folder C:\Tools that I created for the purpose and set appropriate access permissions for.
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Windows is touchy about the C:\ drive root folder & applies special protection to it because it used to be used by malware as part of several exploits.
Best of luck,
Denis
And ask any other questions you want as you sort things out.
All the best,
Thanks for the rep,
Denis
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Best not to change anything, it's a good way to break your system
Windows restricts what you can do on the root of C:\, you cannot directly create a new file there.
For cases like that, save the file somewhere else. Windows will let you move it to C:\ if you click Continue to invoke your admin rights.
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