Hi,

 

I went through some photos earlier to try and create some splash (ie. cover) pictures for a railway-related game I enjoy playing. However when I tried to save to the location where the pictures were to go it tells me that I "do not have permission to save to this location. Contact an administrator to obtain permission".

 

Erm....well not only am I the sole user of this PC but I do also have administrator privileges. Anyone know how I can get around this please?

 

Cheers,

Dave

You have to own the HDD, not let the HDD own you.

 

Solution, format and install XP !!!!

Try saving to the desktop then copying to the require location.

 

Some applications have trouble writing to folders but will let you drag and drop into them.

Try saving to the desktop then copying to the require location.

 

Some applications have trouble writing to folders but will let you drag and drop into them.

 

That, save it somewhere else(like pictures) and copy to the required location.

I've had this with some HDD's that aren't the C:\ drive.

Drag and drop is the solution, and it'll still tell you that you need admin permission but you can just click continue when dragging and dropping.

Just take ownership of the folder.

 

Do you know how to do this and if not I will explain how.

This can also happen if the app you're using is running as a non-admin, which is the default. UAC. It's awesome.

Another way around this which usually works is to run the software you're trying to save from as the administrator account.

Should be a right click option on the shortcut to the program.

Sudo   - sometimes I love Linux.

 

Right click where you're going to save, check properties and security/permissions, make sure you're in there with full rights.

 

The operating system is trying to stop nasty things writing to bits of the disk they shouldn't, in this case the security has got it wrong.

Edited 6 October, 201411 yr by Aspman

Just take ownership of the folder.

 

Do you know how to do this and if not I will explain how.

 

Hasn't resolved it for me - tried this several times!

Did you tick the box to apply to all child objects, otherwise it would only set the permission on the top level folder.

Did you tick the box to apply to all child objects, otherwise it would only set the permission on the top level folder.

 

Yep. It's only occurring on one HDD which is even stranger - the other 3 which aren't C:\ are fine...

I've had this with some HDD's that aren't the C:\ drive.

Drag and drop is the solution, and it'll still tell you that you need admin permission but you can just click continue when dragging and dropping.

 

Agreed - even if you have full rights, Window Vista and onwards will still not allow files to be saved without a UAC prompt to certain locations which often isn't triggered if the program saves there directly so copying the file in Windows usually does the trick.  It can be a nightmare with older software that dumps data in the root of the C but it's the way it should be done, the way XP allowed full write access anywhere on the drive with ease was a very bad way to do it.

 

John