Vista harddrive access

[S1ght]

K, got vista ultimate 64 bit installed & something is really starting to the annoy me now about the permissions of writing to my own harddrive vista has made it that I have almost no rights in program files and windows, if a program ask me if i wanna save and i try to save in program files it wont save & the under permissions I cant set it to that I have permission to write to the folder nor will it let administrator do it.

Another thing is that I used to have vista installed on my other HDD and now its on my other 1 but it wont let me delete program files and windows on the other HDD cause I have no permission & it wont let me take ownership. this is annoying

Any way to make vista set those folders so that admins have full control over every file/folder on the HDD

Thanx in advance
S1ght

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

I thought you could take control of anything...

This would be the method:

Right-click File
select Properties
Go to the Security tab and click the 'Advanced' button
Go to the 'Owner' tab and click the 'Edit' button
Select 'Administrators' and click 'Apply' button
You have now taken 'Ownership' of the file, as Windows will point out to you
Close the property windows

Right-click File again
select Properties
Go to the Security tab again, click the Advanced button
Now Press Edit, then double-click 'Administrators' in the list and tick the 'allow'
box for 'Full control'
You have now taken 'Full control' of the file, as Windows will point out to you
Close the property windows again

This works with Windows files, so it should work with anything, you first have to make the "Administrators Group" the owner of the file.

 

[S1ght]

That was my first guess & i did that & it still wont let me delete it

 

[ghalied]

your using a limited account, default for new vista installation, promote your current account to admin