Hello,
The easy question first: For the "familiar operations" like copy and
whatnot, you can either select the files and right-click on them, or press
ALT to show the hidden menu bar and use the menu options listed there.
And now for the hard question ...
It sounds like you created the folder on your C drive before you installed
Windows Vista.
The reason you are having problems is kind of complex, so here we go:
Even though you are logged on as an administrator, every program that you
run only has normal access to your system. The only way for a program to
have full access to your computer is if it asks you for permission when it
starts up, or you right-click it and click Run As Administrator.
This is the new security in Vista, and the benefit of this is that no
program can have full access to your system unless you know about it and
give it permission to run. This will prevent programs from infecting your
computer in the background without your knowledge.
As a result, if you do NOT run a program as administrator, or the program
does not ask you for permission, that program will only have WRITE access to
the following areas on your hard disk:
- Folders inside your user folder (c:\users\yourname)
- Some hidden folders
- Folders that you have created
Now that last one is important - if you have created a folder ANYWHERE, you
are automatically allowed write access to that folder without having to use
run as administrator.
The problem comes in when you need to have write access to folders that have
been created from another Windows installation. Windows Vista does not
recognize that YOU created those folders - so you do not automatically get
write access to them.
You will need to change their permissions to allow write access. Here's how:
1) Open an "administrator/root" explorer
- Click start
- Type explorer
- right-click windows explorer
- click run-as administrator
2) From the admin explorer, allow access from Vista
- Browse to the folder you need access to
- Right-click it
- Click Properties
- Click security tab
- Click Edit
- Click Add
* If only your account needs acces, type your username
* If every account on vista needs access, type: Users
- Press enter
- Click the checkbox under Allow next to Full control
- Click OK
- Click OK
Repeat step 2 for all folders you need access to.
