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Unable to Save files in my C drive

I have windows 7 premium in my laptop and for the longest time I have been trying to save items into my C drive, but I keep getting an error message "You don't have permission to save in this location. Contact the administrator to obtain permission." I have gone folder by folder and granted access (sharing) and still I am not able to fix the problem. Is there a simple solution for this? Note: This is my personal laptop.
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Steve Agnew

techsupport2010 is right, it's Microsoft way to try to encourage users to save files where they should so that the wizards and backups get your files... If you really want to save things in the C: drive, create a folder first and then save the files there.. I'm pretty sure the default is to allow you to save into a folder you create there to make it easy and quick.. if you aren't carefull and change permissions you willl cause things to start going wrong in Windows 7 since permissions are inherited when you change them at high levels like the C: drive you may create problems so it's not a good idea to change them..

PachecoPrimo

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techsupport2010 and DeadNight thanks for the help. I really do want to have permission to save files into my C drive. How do I go about changing the permissions?

techsupport2010

Okay. You will have to enable the administrator account to have full writing privileges. Even though your user accounts say you are an "Administrator," this is not the same thing as the built-in Administrator account. Here is what you have to do:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html

Or you might be able to get away with just disabling UAC:

http://www.blogsdna.com/1815/how-to-disable-uac-turn-off-uac-in-windows-7-beta-1-build-7000.htm

rajeshjamnadas

Hi PachecoPrimo
I hope you are looking for this.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html?filter[2]=General%20Tips

mshaffner

I'm having a similar, yet different problem. Exact same error message, but it happens everywhere, including my users folder. The only thing strange about this laptop is that the mother board was replaced recently under warranty. I'm using 32-bit Windows 7 Professional. Anyone have any ideas?