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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
I just copied a custom program folder to Program Files. Then I tried
to update one of the files in that folder. Windows 8 file permissions garbage reared its ugly head. So I figured a work around would be to delete the folder, to update that file, and then again copy it to the Program Files folder. But of course, the windows 8 file permissions garbage won't let that folder be deleted now. So what am I supposed to do? Thanks. |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
Take Permission of the folder ?
http://www.google.com/search?q=Windo...er+Permissions http://www.google.com/search?q=Cant+...s+in+Windows+7 -- ....winston msft mvp "John Doe" wrote in message ... I just copied a custom program folder to Program Files. Then I tried to update one of the files in that folder. Windows 8 file permissions garbage reared its ugly head. So I figured a work around would be to delete the folder, to update that file, and then again copy it to the Program Files folder. But of course, the windows 8 file permissions garbage won't let that folder be deleted now. So what am I supposed to do? Thanks. |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
Found it on the "Stack Overflow" site. It's not permissions, it's
ownership. Apparently the "Trusted Installer" screwed up my access to the Program Files folder. Of course I don't know whether and what bad side effects there might be by changing it. It might also revert at any time, I guess, like maybe on the next program installation. I had seen mention of that installer thing, but was too busy looking for the permissions and UAC stuff. What a PITA. "..winston" wrote: Take Permission of the folder ? http://www.google.com/search?q=Windo...er+Permissions http://www.google.com/search? q=Cant+access+Programs+Files+in+Windows+7 |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
That's why I provided the link about 'Permissions'
- Win7 Permissions are a good start to understand Win8 Permissions and 'Ownership' since: "The **owner** of the object controls how permissions are set on the object and to whom permissions are granted. Trusted Installer is the default 'Owner' of the Program Files folder i.e. Are you certain Trusted Installer was the cause as opposed to copying an unnamed custom program folder to Program Files contrary to how Trusted Installer expected it to happen ? -- ....winston msft mvp "John Doe" wrote in message ... Found it on the "Stack Overflow" site. It's not permissions, it's ownership. Apparently the "Trusted Installer" screwed up my access to the Program Files folder. Of course I don't know whether and what bad side effects there might be by changing it. It might also revert at any time, I guess, like maybe on the next program installation. I had seen mention of that installer thing, but was too busy looking for the permissions and UAC stuff. What a PITA. "..winston" wrote: Take Permission of the folder ? http://www.google.com/search?q=Windo...er+Permissions http://www.google.com/search? q=Cant+access+Programs+Files+in+Windows+7 |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
"..winston" winstonmvp gmail.com wrote:
Are you certain Trusted Installer was the cause as opposed to copying an unnamed custom program folder to Program Files contrary to how Trusted Installer expected it to happen ? It's my computer. It belongs to me. I own it. Every time it does something that I don't like, it is to blame. |
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On 5/01/2013 5:40 PM, John Doe wrote:
"..winston" winstonmvp gmail.com wrote: Are you certain Trusted Installer was the cause as opposed to copying an unnamed custom program folder to Program Files contrary to how Trusted Installer expected it to happen ? It's my computer. It belongs to me. I own it. Every time it does something that I don't like, it is to blame. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...menu-in-vista/ get the small program from here. have a read of the instructions - this is what I use to regain ownership, saves buggering around. yes it does work with W8 |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
On Sat, 5 Jan 2013 06:40:25 +0000 (UTC), John Doe wrote:
"..winston" winstonmvp gmail.com wrote: Are you certain Trusted Installer was the cause as opposed to copying an unnamed custom program folder to Program Files contrary to how Trusted Installer expected it to happen ? It's my computer. It belongs to me. I own it. Every time it does something that I don't like, it is to blame. You're lucky. Unlike me, you never make a mistake. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
"Gene E. Bloch" not-me other.invalid wrote:
John Doe wrote: It's my computer. Every time it does something that I don't like, it is to blame. You're lucky. Unlike me, you never make a mistake. Only in the context of dealing with my computer, that is correct. If a computer had a sixth grader's comprehension, power users would have little or no trouble getting a computer to do anything we want them to do (that they're capable of doing). That the computer is too stupid to understand what I want it to do is the computer's fault. But of course, feel free to have your own method of dealing with a stupid computer. |
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Oh I see...then it must be the result of not owning the o/s.
-- ....winston msft mvp "John Doe" wrote in message ... "..winston" winstonmvp gmail.com wrote: Are you certain Trusted Installer was the cause as opposed to copying an unnamed custom program folder to Program Files contrary to how Trusted Installer expected it to happen ? It's my computer. It belongs to me. I own it. Every time it does something that I don't like, it is to blame. |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
Technology will go nowhere slowly if the thinking devices that
people have are owned and controlled by somebody else. The advancement of high technology is not going to happen that way. "..winston" winstonmvp gmail.com wrote: Path: eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "..winston" Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-8 Subject: How to get rid of the write-protection garbage? Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 20:05:15 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 2 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 01:04:39 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e80892f176577ff4e380298d26602899"; logging-data="9942"; "; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18n+546UYk8KyKd+e/GFp9zsisrTrl6piQ=" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3505.912 In-Reply-To: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912 Importance: Normal Cancel-Lock: sha1:74KSjXeKWMnm6ynhVWu3ZrGBvJI= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: mx04.eternal-september.org alt.comp.os.windows-8:2498 Oh I see...then it must be the result of not owning the o/s. -- ...winston msft mvp "John Doe" wrote in message ... "..winston" winstonmvp gmail.com wrote: Are you certain Trusted Installer was the cause as opposed to copying an unnamed custom program folder to Program Files contrary to how Trusted Installer expected it to happen ? It's my computer. It belongs to me. I own it. Every time it does something that I don't like, it is to blame. |
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On 06/01/13 16:31, John Doe wrote:
Spam Spam? Not at all. Just showing you how YOU can take control of your machine without it being controlled by a large corporation... |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
On 06 Jan 2013, Gordonbp wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8: Spam? Not at all. Just showing you how YOU can take control of your machine without it being controlled by a large corporation... If nothing else, it certainly gives you fewer excuses to whine about it. Of course, just as you can learn to deal with Linux's security and permissions architecture, so can you with Windows's. Some people, like the OP, would rather just bitch about it. |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
Gordonbp wrote:
On 06/01/13 16:31, John Doe wrote: Spam Spam? Not at all. Just showing you how YOU can take control of your machine without it being controlled by a large corporation... I'd agree with that sentiment up to a point, but Canonical/Ubuntu is not exactly the poster boy for user choice. Sorry. They'd "embrace and extend" given a chance, and would be just as tyrannical as the next company. They've already shown they don't care what their customer base thinks. (Mint wins this year) http://www.tuxradar.com/content/best-linux-distro-2012 If you were to select a Gentoo distro, that would be an example of user choice. There, I could eject "PulseAudio" from all the built software. I could run KDE or Gnome. I can choose to include or exclude support for various movie formats, all by changing build options. The price you pay for that, is ~12 hours of compile time to build up the environment you want on the machine. Gentoo builds from source (which is fine in my book). This is one time you'll want that 6-core 12-thread processor :-) It's not nearly as convenient as downloading a Ubuntu disc, but it's a hell of a lot easier than trying to find a workaround for the latest Canonical decision/blunder. It's why people bail from Ubuntu and load up Mint or something else. Because they just don't like what they're losing from release to release. I used to load and test new Linux distros in my VM environment, but that's kinda ground to a halt, since some genius decided to probe my VM environment, incorrectly conclude I was running Hyper-V (when I'm not), disable regular Linux IDE drivers on the assumption Hyper-V drivers (provided by the VM) are available, when they're not. And then, my LiveCD can't access any hard drives. Virtually dead in the water. Funny as hell... and a waste of my download time. And I'm not changing VMs or loading addition VM software, to solve such stupidity. If there was a boot time option to turn off the behavior, fine, but I haven't been able to find such yet. A similar thing happened when Linux got into the business of probing VM environments (the kernel would crash doing that). Such behavior is really entirely unnecessary. Just ignore the environment I provide, assume you're "running on a damn computer", and get on with it. Stop screwing around! So yeah, all OSes have their problems, and you trade off one set of issues for another. Whether it's walled gardens or incompetent design decisions, there's always something waiting for you, to bite you. Paul |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:44:13 +0000, Gordonbp
wrote: On 06/01/13 16:31, John Doe wrote: Spam Spam? Not at all. Just showing you how YOU can take control of your machine without it being controlled by a large corporation... I'm not a fan of Linux in any form--Ubuntu or anything else. Nevertheless, I completely agree with you; your recommending something that you prefer for whatever reason, is *not* spam. -- Ken Blake |
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How to get rid of the write-protection garbage?
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 00:01:50 +0000 (UTC), John Doe wrote:
"Gene E. Bloch" not-me other.invalid wrote: John Doe wrote: It's my computer. Every time it does something that I don't like, it is to blame. You're lucky. Unlike me, you never make a mistake. Only in the context of dealing with my computer, that is correct. If a computer had a sixth grader's comprehension, power users would have little or no trouble getting a computer to do anything we want them to do (that they're capable of doing). That the computer is too stupid to understand what I want it to do is the computer's fault. But of course, feel free to have your own method of dealing with a stupid computer. I have tried understanding what I am doing. It works very well. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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