"You Dont Currently Have Permission To Access This Folder"

newreel · 09-06-2007, 09:34 PM

there are lots of things i like so far about vista (i've had it less than a week) and a few things that are obnoxious and nonsensical. one of them is this:

this is a home computer. i'm the only user on it. i'm logged in as myself. i'm trying to download some outlook backup files into windows mail. to do so, i have to drill down through \users\username\local settings\etc. to where i'm going.

but every time i hit \local settings i get the aforementioned error message. i'm eventually routed to the security permissions tab where i can plainly see that i have FULL CONTROL. apparently full control is not really full control. i'm not trying to erase the registry for pete's sake.

please tell me there is a SIMPLE way around this ridiculousness...

**Jack.Sparrow** · 09-07-2007, 05:06 AM

It does that because of the UAC (User Access Control) feature in Vista. Only way to get around it is to disable it. Instructions on how to do so can be found here

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm

Hope this helps.

newreel · 09-07-2007, 10:38 AM

I diabled UAC and rebooted. I'm still denied access to \username\local settings. Repeated procedure. Still no access.

This is obnoxious.

**Jack.Sparrow** · 09-08-2007, 12:11 AM

are you denied permission when you access these folders manually?

09-06-2007, 09:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
newreel Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 244 OS: XP	"You Dont Currently Have Permission To Access This Folder" there are lots of things i like so far about vista (i've had it less than a week) and a few things that are obnoxious and nonsensical. one of them is this: this is a home computer. i'm the only user on it. i'm logged in as myself. i'm trying to download some outlook backup files into windows mail. to do so, i have to drill down through \users\username\local settings\etc. to where i'm going. but every time i hit \local settings i get the aforementioned error message. i'm eventually routed to the security permissions tab where i can plainly see that i have FULL CONTROL. apparently full control is not really full control. i'm not trying to erase the registry for pete's sake. please tell me there is a SIMPLE way around this ridiculousness...

09-07-2007, 05:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,867 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: "You Dont Currently Have Permission To Access This Folder" It does that because of the UAC (User Access Control) feature in Vista. Only way to get around it is to disable it. Instructions on how to do so can be found here http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm Hope this helps. __________________ //PC Wizard//Speedfan//Can you run it?//Posting Screenshots//Posting System Specs//Donations//

09-07-2007, 10:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
newreel Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 244 OS: XP	Re: "You Dont Currently Have Permission To Access This Folder" I diabled UAC and rebooted. I'm still denied access to \username\local settings. Repeated procedure. Still no access. This is obnoxious.

09-08-2007, 12:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,867 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: "You Dont Currently Have Permission To Access This Folder" are you denied permission when you access these folders manually? __________________ //PC Wizard//Speedfan//Can you run it?//Posting Screenshots//Posting System Specs//Donations//