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Thread ID: 101258	2009-07-07 01:33:00	Access denied to edit file on Windows 7	samnorr (13776)	Press F1

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789713	2009-07-07 01:33:00	Put simply, I am trying to follow this (www.mediacollege.com) guide to modify an XML file in Windows 7. I can open the file fine, but I keep getting an "access denied" message when I attempt to save it. I am logged on as an administrator. Is there some setting that protects OS files in Windows 7?	samnorr (13776)
789714	2009-07-07 03:36:00	You'll need to take ownership of it first. In start menu type cmd and right click>run as admin Then type these commands hitting enter after each: takeown /f PATH OF FILE /d y icacls PATH OF FILE /grant administrators:F Blam	Blam (54)
789715	2009-07-07 07:39:00	I just thought to try editing the file in XP (which I have on another partition), and it let me save it with no problems - so problem solved. I did already try what you said above blam6, but it didn't work - I got the same "access is denied" message (in Notepad, Wordpad and Visual C#) . So I still don't actually know what was wrong. :confused:	samnorr (13776)
789716	2009-07-07 08:35:00	I just thought to try editing the file in XP (which I have on another partition), and it let me save it with no problems - so problem solved. I did already try what you said above blam6, but it didn't work - I got the same "access is denied" message (in Notepad, Wordpad and Visual C#) . So I still don't actually know what was wrong. :confused: Could be the fact that you are not actually the "Real Administrator". Your account may have admin rights but its not the "real Admin Account" , and the "take ownership" doesn't always work either. To access the real admin account Have a read of this (www.mydigitallife.info) you dont need the password section.( skip step #4) then to hide it again, do the same, but change the "yes" to No. Changing to the "Real" admin account may allow you to alter the file.	wainuitech (129)
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