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list but that shouldn't be necessary should it? windows-7 security permissions share|improve this question edited Oct 14 '11 at 5:02 8088 12.3k113554 asked May 11 '10 at 7:50 Borek 3,487195478 migrated from serverfault.com May 11 '10 at 7:57 This question came from our site for system and network administrators. add a comment| 6 Answers 6 active oldest votes up vote 3 down vote accepted This is expected behaviour with UAC enabled. How are you attempting to create the folder? Windows Explorer will generate a UAC prompt, so I'm assuming you're using some other method? If you are doing it from a command prompt, make sure it is running with elevated privileges. share|improve this answer answered May 11 '10 at 8:32 ThatGraemeGuy 2,2721524 I thought UAC might play a role here. So any folder with permissions for the Administrators group will require elevated prompt or a specific username? If so, is there any point in assigning permissions on groups with UAC enabled if I want to be able to access that files/folders from a normal, non-elevated command prompt? –Borek May 11 '10 at 8:40 No, with a non-elevated command prompt your user account needs to be explicitly spec
Access Denied For Administrator May 11, 2011 11:00 am / D.A.R.Y.L. The Problem You receive a Windows 7 access denied error when accessing a folder through Windows Explorer even though you have set the permissions correctly. You are an administrator and the administrators groups have full
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control over the folder but you can't access it without Windows re-writing the permissions. The cause of access denied msconfig administrator this is because of a new feature in Windows 7 called User Access Control (UAC). It is the combination of UAC and a bug access denied for administrator windows server 2008 in Windows Explorer that causes the access denied error. The easiest solution is to simply disable UAC. If this is not possible (for security reasons) then read on for alternatives. What is UAC? In a nutshell UAC is an extra layer http://superuser.com/questions/139841/access-denied-even-though-im-an-administrator of security on top of Windows 7. When you log in as an administrator normally you would have full unrestricted access to everything. UAC aims to prevent this by running all tasks that don't require administrator access in a more restrictive manner. When UAC is enabled an administrator as two access tokens; a standard user token (restricted) and an administrator token (unrestricted). All tasks first run under the restricted user token. Only when a specific program or tasks requires full administrative rights does https://www.think-like-a-computer.com/2011/05/11/windows-access-denied-folder-administrator/ it then prompt you to run it in an elevated mode. It then launches this task using the administrator token. For the scope of this article this all you need to know. To see the full benefit of UAC on Windows 7 follow the link listed above. How Windows 7 Uses UAC In Windows 7 some programs will automatically prompt you to run it in an administrative context when you run them. These programs are typically ones that serve only one purpose which require administrator rights in order to run; examples of these are any of the administrative tools that ship with Windows 7. Other programs like the command prompt don't always need to be run in the administrative context. Simply using the DIR command and browsing folder structures can be done as a normal user, it does not require you to be an administrator. So, although you are logged in as an administrator it will run it under you standard user context. If however you type something like IPconfig /renew it will error saying access denied. At this point you need to close the CMD prompt and find it again in the start menu but this time right click and choose "Run as administrator". This will now launch the program using the administrator token where IPconfig /renew will now work. Why You Get Windows 7 Access Denied On Folders Something I found that isn't well documented regarding UAC is how it treats folder permi
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in Windows 7 then you are not alone. This error is quite common and occurs due to permission issues. There are some files and folders that are meant only for Administrators to access, if you are not an administrator then you cannot access it and will instead get Access Denied error. To enhance security Microsoft has even denied Administrators access to some folders. The way to fix this error is to give yourself permission to access the file or folder. This can be done by going to Properties and then navigating to Security tab. Remember that we are taking about two different things - Permission and Ownership. By giving all permission to your account, you will be able to get complete control of a folder. But in some cases only the owner can assign the permission for various users, we will also cover how you can change the ownership. Changing Ownership First, lets talk about ownership. To change ownership, right-click any file or folder, select Properties, and go to Security tab. Now click the Advanced button(shown in the screenshot below). Next, you need to go to Owner tab and hit the Edit button. Then in the new dialog window choose the new owner and then click OK. Changing Permission If you are an administrator and cannot access a folder, this is due to permission error. To give complete permission to yourself, right-click the file or folder and select Properties. Now go to Security tab, and hit the Edit button. Here select your username(account) and check the Full Control checkbox. When done, hit OK. Note that when you will check the Full Control checkbox, all others will be automatically checked too. Update: This method is not working for most users. Since many folders and files are locked, the only way to access them is to first unlock them using LockHunter. Now go ahead and open the file or folder and you will be able to access it. Note that Permissions is a great way to lock your folder too, go here to learn more about how to lock your folder. Enjoy!
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