I am a Windows XP user who just got a new computer with Windows 7. I seem to be having trouble understanding how to do some things I was doing in XP. I think it may be security-related, but being new to Windows 7, I could be wrong.
I regularly download documents in .jpg format from a web site. I select the document and click the Save button on the web site. I get a Save As box where I select where to save the file, and save it. In XP, I had setup a folder on the C: drive specifically for these files. I created the same folder in Win7. I went through the same process and selected the folder in the Save As process, but got an error "You don't have permission to save in this location....Would you like to save in the My Pictures location instead?". I clicked Yes. When I opened Windows Explorer and looked at My Pictures, the file wasn't there. I went back to the web site and saved the document again. However, the file appeared in the Save As box, and I was asked if I wanted to overwrite the file. Again, when I looked in Explorer, it didn't show the file. I even tried searching the entire C: drive, it says the file doesn't exist.
I am the only user account on my machine and have Admin privileges. I use IE8 with security set at medium-high. UAC setting is one below Always Notify. I looked at the properties on the folder I wanted to use, my Admin account has full rights. I set my regular user account to have full rights, but this did nothing to fix the problem.
This is extremely frustrating because it's a function I use regularly and I can't do it with Win7. What am I missing? Is there some security setting I'm missing? The computer seems to look at these files as web content, if that means anything. Any help would be appreciated.
I regularly download documents in .jpg format from a web site. I select the document and click the Save button on the web site. I get a Save As box where I select where to save the file, and save it. In XP, I had setup a folder on the C: drive specifically for these files. I created the same folder in Win7. I went through the same process and selected the folder in the Save As process, but got an error "You don't have permission to save in this location....Would you like to save in the My Pictures location instead?". I clicked Yes. When I opened Windows Explorer and looked at My Pictures, the file wasn't there. I went back to the web site and saved the document again. However, the file appeared in the Save As box, and I was asked if I wanted to overwrite the file. Again, when I looked in Explorer, it didn't show the file. I even tried searching the entire C: drive, it says the file doesn't exist.
I am the only user account on my machine and have Admin privileges. I use IE8 with security set at medium-high. UAC setting is one below Always Notify. I looked at the properties on the folder I wanted to use, my Admin account has full rights. I set my regular user account to have full rights, but this did nothing to fix the problem.
This is extremely frustrating because it's a function I use regularly and I can't do it with Win7. What am I missing? Is there some security setting I'm missing? The computer seems to look at these files as web content, if that means anything. Any help would be appreciated.
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Compaq CQ5320F
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- CPU
- AMD Atrhlon II X2 240 2.90 GHz
- Memory
- 3 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce61505E nForce 430
