Windows 7 blocked access to this file

Shinmila H. Hi Frostieg, What is the extension of the application file? To open a blocked file, follow these steps: 1. That should be it. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

I hope this information was helpful… Have a nice day… Best regards, Fisnik Itknowledge This site in other languages x. Viewed 17k times. Our application is not installed in Program files folder as I believe UAC restrict any changes to files in Program Files folder Can anyone throw light on what is going on. RaYell Ganesh Ganesh 1 1 gold badge 4 4 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Amber Amber k 78 78 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

Also, I'm able to create new files in the same location where I get access denied error. My guess when our application gets installed using Installshield, windows 7 treats all the files that were deployed a part of the installation and thereby preventing access.

Really wondering how UAC prevents access to only certain files and how it keeps track of whether the files were deployed by installation program — Ganesh. This answer suggests a tactic that may be useful: use 'Run as Administrator' to open notepad, then edit and save the file.

Myforwik Myforwik 3, 4 4 gold badges 32 32 silver badges 41 41 bronze badges. You can use tools like Process Explorer from sysinternals to do that. David Brown As we know, permission is the basic factor for users to access files and folders on PC. If you do not have the appropriate permission, you can't access or change files or folders. So if Windows denies your access to a certain file or folder, you get the permission of the file or folder in following steps. First of all, you need to check permissions on a file or a folder.

Here we'll show you a simple tutorial below. Click on your name in "Group or user names" to check the permission that you have.

If you want to change the permissions on a file or a folder, you should log on the PC as an administrator. Next, click on "Edit" in "Security" tab. And then, choose your name and enable the check boxes of the permissions that you need. File encryption has the ability to protect users' files and folders. Moreover, if a file is encrypted, you need the certificate that used to encrypt it to open the encrypted file or folder.

Otherwise, you may get the "Access Denied" error. To check encrypted file or folder, follow these steps. After that, you can check if "Encrypt Content to Secure Data" option is enabled. If it is checked, you will need the certificate to open or the file or folder. If "Encrypt Content to Secure Data" option is unchecked, the file or folder is not encrypted. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. The simple answer: not.

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