


That certainly is annoying! Is there any workaround for this (to allow an administrator to access the root)?Īfter using Vista for a while now I've figured it out. No doubt this is one of Windows 7 and Windows Vista's new security features- not allowing direct access to the root folder, and when you want to copy a file there you need to give explicit permission for the file operation. Oddly enough, however, if I saved the file somewhere else instead and then copy the file to C:\ it'd work. What in the world? I am the administrator. Contact the administrator to obtain permission." "You don't have permission to save in this location. I opened a.bat w/ Notepad, made my changes, but when I went to save the file on C:\ I got the error message: I discovered a neat trick where you can just type on the command prompt:Īnd Windows will open the file in Notepad.Īnyways I wanted to create a new batch file (let's say b.bat) from the original one (a.bat). On my Windows 7 and Windows Vista system I have a batch file in the root folder of my C: drive.
