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Access denied editing text files to root C drive
I thought i had all my permissions and sharing done correctly until i tried to edit a text file across my network on another windows 7 machine. When i go to save the file it ask me "save as" which it never did while trying to do the same thing on a windows xp machine. Well after the save as i try to save over the existing file and it as if i wanna replace the file then after hitting ok i get Access Denied message.
-I have sharing on the drive and the file set to Everyone with full access
-I have security tab setup so Everyone and Administrators have full access on both drive and file
-I tried changing ownership of the file several times and that has done nothing on both drive and file
-Also tried owership with inheritance turned off and on
-Even tried with firewalls/av software turned on and off
-The file is not blocked or anything like that
-UAC is turned off on both machines
-I can edit the file locally
-I have notepad set to "Run as Administrator" on both windows 7 machines
-I can write to the root C: such as copying over a .exe file or something like that. The issue is editing a text file only.
I can edit a text file on the root C drive on a windows xp machine but not any windows 7 machines across network. I am guessing i must of missed some windows 7 permissions policy some where to enable this. Now i can edit a file on windows 7 machines if it's not on the root of the drive say C:\testfolder\testfile.txt