Re: Windows7 Euphoria3 opening files problem
- Posted by AndyDrummond Mar 17, 2011
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I am struggling here, after all. I have tried Dell support and that is very hard work; Microshaft is also hard work. Maybe one of you experts can point me in the right direction.
I find I cannot write files in the root of C:. I can create them there, move them there, move them out - but edit & save? Nope. I created a folder called Root and moved my files there. Still can't save from Notepad. Moved them to Users\Andy and same result. I checked all the permissions and turned them all on. I am administrator so that should be OK - though Win7 keeps on telling me I can only do this or that if I am an administrator - doesn't it KNOW if I am or not? I seem to have no bothers except saving to files. Anything else is fine.
I looked at UAC but that only seems to dictate how long before the screen dims to ask permission for new installs. What I am getting is that in Notepad I click Save and it says "Do you want to replace this file?" to which I reply yes; then it just bongs and says "Access in Denied!".
I have created a folder in Users\Andy called Private, and I can edit & save files there. I have a batch file which runs an editor there, and that can edit & save files there. But if I put a shortcut to that batch file from Startup (so it runs when I start my day) then that canNOT save the file. Worse - it zaps the file contents. It is as if it is creating a new file OK, then getting inhibited from writing to it so it becomes null. What the !&*$@' is going on?
I am getting very frustrated with this; it must be something trivial but what? I have no ideas. Gentlemen - can you help? Please! I shouldn't ask Win7 problems here, so unless there is a simple answer don't worry; I will try and dig my way into either Dell or Microsoft. There could have been at least SOME documentation with a new PC, but nothing. Nada. Zilch.
Andy
