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Windows Vista File Management Issues or questions in relation to Vista's file management. (microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management) |
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Protection of folders
Not sure this is the correct newsgroup, but hopefully... I have a slight
issue on my vista PC with the hard disk - but I am a bit short of space on the C drive and have started installing stuff on the D drive. I created a "Program Files" folder on the D drive to be tidy and started installing stuff in there. However, the protection on this folder isn't the same as the "Program Files" on the C drive - I can go in there and create files willy nilly, which is really not what I want. Is there anything I can do so that it behaves more like the "real" program files, and leaves the folder secure (and does that wizzy virtualisation thing when programs attempt to write / read from it). Thanks |
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Protection of folders
Hello,
right-click your original Program Files folder and click Properties. Go to tab Security, and see which users have which permission. Now, right-click D:\Program Files - Properties - tab "Security", and add/remove users and change their permissions so that they match the permissions in the old folder. Hope this will help. Greetings, P. Di Stolfo -- //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // http://blog.lysorp.com - small Windows Blog in German language //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "ThosRTanner" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Not sure this is the correct newsgroup, but hopefully... I have a slight issue on my vista PC with the hard disk - but I am a bit short of space on the C drive and have started installing stuff on the D drive. I created a "Program Files" folder on the D drive to be tidy and started installing stuff in there. However, the protection on this folder isn't the same as the "Program Files" on the C drive - I can go in there and create files willy nilly, which is really not what I want. Is there anything I can do so that it behaves more like the "real" program files, and leaves the folder secure (and does that wizzy virtualisation thing when programs attempt to write / read from it). Thanks |
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Protection of folders
"P. Di Stolfo" wrote: Hello, right-click your original Program Files folder and click Properties. Go to tab Security, and see which users have which permission. Now, right-click D:\Program Files - Properties - tab "Security", and add/remove users and change their permissions so that they match the permissions in the old folder. Unfortunately, Program Files has some very strange permissions - several special users with only "Special Permissions" and a non-existant user called "Trusted Installer" |
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Protection of folders
After further fiddling, I got the folder protection to turn on/off, but the
virtualisation isn't happening. Is it possible that only happens on the C drive? |