Acces Denied???

[Ndnkid1234]

Ok so I have C++ text editor (I am running on Windows) but whenever I try to save a modded file it tells me acess denied and contact administrator. Am I just completely inept or is there something I have to do to Edit? Please Help!!!

[Gambit]

Vista? You can't edit things in Program Files even while logged in as the administrator. Second most retarded security feature ever (first being "compatability files").

Install Wesnoth to My Documents to get around it. Honestly though I can't think of why (or how) you'd be editing the source after it's been installed.

Are you sure it's C++ and not WML you're trying to edit?

[Zarel]

Vista? You can't edit things in Program Files even while logged in as the administrator. Second most retarded security feature ever (first being "compatability files").

Well, you can, it's just lots harder. You have to run Notepad or whatever other texteditor as administrator.

What's "compatibility files"?

[Gambit]

Some files are placed in a virtual store. Example:
C:\Users\Gambit\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Sauerbraten
However the program (in this case sauerbraten) still sees them as being in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sauerbraten

Before I learned of this it produced some extremely annoying results. I'd be saving or loading a file in a program and it would be there in that program's dialog box. But when I browsed to the same folder in Windows Explorer it wasn't there! It wasn't hidden and it wasn't special system hidden. It just wasn't there. Went back through the program again and copied a direct link to the file. Pasted it into Windows Explorer and got "could not find file".

Then I noticed a box at the top that says "Compatability Files". Clicking that button takes you to the virtual store's copy of your folder.

It prevents applications (except those that are run as the adiministrator) from writing data to the Program Files folder, but it still lets them think that they have. The program is happy, most users are happy, and some sort of security is maintained.

[Zarel]

It prevents applications (except those that are run as the adiministrator) from writing data to the Program Files folder, but it still lets them think that they have. The program is happy, most users are happy, and some sort of security is maintained.

And what's wrong with that?

[Gambit]

I'm not most users.

Also nobody on the internet so far has come up with an explanation as to what "sort of security" is maintained. I can't imagine what the problem is. Program Files is not some holy bastion. It's one of my most visited and altered folders.

[Anonymissimus]

Ok so I have C++ text editor (I am running on Windows) but whenever I try to save a modded file it tells me acess denied and contact administrator. Am I just completely inept or is there something I have to do to Edit? Please Help!!!

The C++ source is usually not there, it's compiled into wesnoth.exe (and maybe some dlls and other files). Unless you've downloaded the source, you're editing extension wml.

It prevents applications (except those that are run as the adiministrator) from writing data to the Program Files folder, but it still lets them think that they have. The program is happy, most users are happy, and some sort of security is maintained.

omg, this is even worse than vista-word. They do it to take a Linux concept but simulate the familiar windows behavior. Linux doesn't lie to you...

[Zarel]

I'm not most users.

Also nobody on the internet so far has come up with an explanation as to what "sort of security" is maintained. I can't imagine what the problem is. Program Files is not some holy bastion. It's one of my most visited and altered folders.

Yeah, Program Files is not some holy bastion, it's only where all your programs are stored, and thus the most important place a virus needs to infect if it wants to survive.

And Windows is also working on being more multiuser. If you store your data to Program Files, what if you don't want some other user to see it?

omg, this is even worse than vista-word. They do it to take a Linux concept but simulate the familiar windows behavior. Linux doesn't lie to you...

No, Vista does the exact same thing.

[Gambit]

I'm not most users.

Also nobody on the internet so far has come up with an explanation as to what "sort of security" is maintained. I can't imagine what the problem is. Program Files is not some holy bastion. It's one of my most visited and altered folders.

Right so all the virus has to do is run itself as administrator. Which could be done by having a macro hit the enter key really really fast before the user notices the popup.

[Zarel]

Right so all the virus has to do is run itself as administrator. Which could be done by having a macro hit the enter key really really fast before the user notices the popup.

You know, UAC would be kind of useless if that were actually possible. What UAC does is open a VM that macros can't touch, and then ask if you want to elevate to admin inside that VM. It's architected decently well. Microsoft does have a team of security specialists, you know.

[Gambit]

-did not know that-

Microsoft does have a team of security specialists, you know.

Yes I like the new recruits. I just wish they could think of a different way to handle this particular case.

[Zarel]

-did not know that-

It's also the reason why it takes so long for UAC to start up and ask if you want to allow an action. It's starting up a mini-VM, which takes a while. Gets annoying when you're trying to do stuff fast, which is why most users hated UAC in Vista.

Yes I like the new recruits. I just wish they could think of a different way to handle this particular case.

I don't know; is there a better way? No other OS saves anything in their equivalent of Program Files, either.