File Access Permissions Problem

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hi i am using visual studio 2008 and developing an application in C++/CLI. My application does some file IO. the directory structure is as follows

"C:\Program Files\AppName\Data\settings.dat"

im working on my laptop with windows vista. the programm does not allow me to create or read the file "settings.dat"
whereas it allows me to read/write the files which are further down the directory structure. for example

"C:\Program Files\AppName\Data\Folder\2010\file.dat"
this above file is accessible.

i think it has got something to do with file access permissions. is there any way to side-step it programmatically?
can anyone please tell me what the problem is and how i will be able to fix it?

thank you very much

Posted 23-Aug-10 7:46am

Archman420

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-23T08:02:00

Solution 1

Vista doesn't allow you to make changes to any folder in the Program Files folder. You have to use one of the special folders for Vista and later.

Google this and pick your poison from the returned results set:

"C++ vista special folders"

EDIT -------

You can make your setup program create the appropriate folder and copy files to it. Most/all setup building programs allow you to configure this.

Posted 23-Aug-10 8:02am

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Updated 23-Aug-10 8:23am

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Archman420 23-Aug-10 14:10pm

the thing is i am making a setup of my application. so is it that i cant install the application to any of the folders listed in this result set?

Archman420 23-Aug-10 14:15pm

also the problem is that i create the settings file during runtime

Archman420 25-Aug-10 2:51am

thanks John that solved my problem