Why won't Vista let apps create new folders?

"Paul Montgumdrop" wrote:

>
> I would assume when you did it manually as user/administrator it saw you
> as the owner of the folder.
>
> As opposed to you being a user assessing the folder and the folder was
> created by other means, like the folder was created without you doing it
> manually, it viewed you as not being owner of the folder, and you would
> have had to have taken ownership of the folder as user to fix the
> problem of permissions.
>

Did you mean accessing? In any case, I would have thought I would be the
owner of the folder however it was created.

This doesn't answer my question: why can't a program run by me in my own
area create another folder beneath the one it's running in? It just doesn't
make sense.

JeffG wrote:

>
> "Paul Montgumdrop" wrote:
>

>> I would assume when you did it manually as user/administrator it saw you
>> as the owner of the folder.
>>
>> As opposed to you being a user assessing the folder and the folder was
>> created by other means, like the folder was created without you doing it
>> manually, it viewed you as not being owner of the folder, and you would
>> have had to have taken ownership of the folder as user to fix the
>> problem of permissions.
>>

>
> Did you mean accessing? In any case, I would have thought I would be the
> owner of the folder however it was created.

No, you are not owner of the folder however it was created.
TrustedInstaller could be the owner on some folders in some cases. It's
not Administrators group or even your individual user account that is
owner of the folder. Or it could be some other User group that is owner
that your individual user account is not a part of the group.

>
> This doesn't answer my question: why can't a program run by me in my own
> area create another folder beneath the one it's running in? It just doesn't
> make sense.

I suggest that you goto the Security tab for the folders in question, to
the Advanced button, and to the Owner tab and see who is the owner of
the folder, because apparently, it's not you as a user as a user logging
into system with that user-id as user/admin or even Administrators Group.

If the Advanced button is not active when you go to the Security tab,
then use the built-in Administrator account that is an account that has
full admin rights that will enable the Advance button.

<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/>

You should set the ownership to a user group that has full rights access.

Well, here's the permissions tab for the folder in question:
http:/www.enborne.f2s.com/_misc/permissions.jpg

And here is the owner tab for the same folder:
http:/www.enborne.f2s.com/_misc/owner.jpg

Looks like I am the owner and have full permission

In the Effective permissions tab, user Jeff has all boxes checked.

Still confused...

Is your program using RunAsInvoker?

"JeffG" <JeffG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2DC4E52E-A877-4FFB-9C1F-E127C1CDA711@microsoft.com...

> Well, here's the permissions tab for the folder in question:
> http:/www.enborne.f2s.com/_misc/permissions.jpg
>
> And here is the owner tab for the same folder:
> http:/www.enborne.f2s.com/_misc/owner.jpg
>
> Looks like I am the owner and have full permission
>
> In the Effective permissions tab, user Jeff has all boxes checked.
>
> Still confused...

JeffG wrote:

> Well, here's the permissions tab for the folder in question:
> http:/www.enborne.f2s.com/_misc/permissions.jpg
>
> And here is the owner tab for the same folder:
> http:/www.enborne.f2s.com/_misc/owner.jpg
>
> Looks like I am the owner and have full permission
>
> In the Effective permissions tab, user Jeff has all boxes checked.
>
> Still confused...

No, it should be Jeff(machine-name\jeff) who is the user of the
computer, just like Users(machine-name\users) or
Administrators(machine-name\administrators) are users of the machine.

If you add your user account the one you use to login to the computer as
a new user account to the folder (do the checkname) on the ADD or goto
<C> and added it there giving that account full rights, then that is the
account you should be using and NOT this Jeff/desktop thing. What is
this jeff/desktop thing about, because I sure don't know what that is
about? :-P How in the heck did that get there? :-P

Or you change the ownership to the Administrators Group account, because
your login user account if that is user/admin account is part of the
Administrators group.

One can lead a horse to the water, but one cannot make the horse drink.

Here is a *test* I want you to do. You'll find it at "cannot change
Program Files to full control" thread in this NG, do the *test*. Maybe
you won't be so confused. <smile>