bcdedit: access denied

[tcebob]

I am the only user and my account type is Administrator. So I am puzzled at
being rejected by bcdedit. Here's the message:

"The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
Access denied"

I installed VB2 on a separate disk from XP Pro SP2 and everything seems to
work fine. Except I want to change the boot default to the XP drive (C. Is
there an ini file that can be edited manually?

rs

 

[AJR]

The configuration store is BCD - BCDEDIT.EXE is provided to edit BCD.
BCDEDIT is a command line utility - Start>Run>bcdedit /? provides info.
Check out VistaProBoot or EasyPC GUI utilities

 

[Chad Harris]

It would be easier to just use Easy BCD and p
http://neosmart.net/gallery/v/neosmart/EasyBCD/

As to problems with UAC in Vista just do a search on this group. Every way
to deal with that has been covered, and you can always try turning it off at
msconfig to accomplish your specific purpose.

The next build to be released soon promises improvements in UAC's user
vexation factor and significant CPU and performance enhancements but it's
become almost impossible to give MSFT credit for much integrity in their
promises.

CH

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Hello,

In Windows Vista, even though you are logged in as an administrator, the
programs you run are only given "normal user" access to your system. You
must explicitly authorize a program to run with administrator permission.

To do this for command-line programs, you need to open an "administrator"
command prompt, and then any program you run from that command prompt will
have the administrator permission you need.

- Click start
- Type: cmd
- Right-click cmd when it appears under Programs
- Click Run As Administrator

You will then be able to run bcdedit or any other administrative tool from
within that command prompt

- JB

Vista FAQ
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[tcebob]

Vista Boot Pro did the job.

Thanks,

rs

The configuration store is BCD - BCDEDIT.EXE is provided to edit BCD.
BCDEDIT is a command line utility - Start>Run>bcdedit /? provides info.
Check out VistaProBoot or EasyPC GUI utilities

 

[tcebob]

EasyBCD is off the air: "Account has been suspended." So I went with Vista
Boot Pro.

Thanks,

rs

 

[tcebob]

Ah, so. It ran but I chickened out and downloaded Vista Boot Pro. Too many
dangerous switches for me.

Thanks,

rs

 

[Chad Harris]

Sorry it was on when I posted after first getting a bandwidth exceeded. You
got the job done with 2nd best though. Both of them are very useful apps.
Easy BCD does more and is in a sense the successor. There was a falling out
at the original site and this was a result as Colin and others have
discussed.

CH

 

[Chad Harris]

I'm still looking for a place (having collected BCEDIT posts and sites--and
read MSFT's information) to find clear explanations for all those switches
that you'll see if you /? at your cmd prompt.

CH

 

[Jimmy Brush]

The help in bcdedit is pretty extensive. For each command that is listed in
bcdedit /?, you can type bcdedit /help <command>, which shows detailed info
on how to use that command.

I also dug up this technet article on bcdedit:


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/85cd5efe-c349-427c-b035-c2719d4af778.mspx

- JB

Vista FAQ
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[Chad Harris]

Thanks for the further help info as the the /help <command>. That kind of
detail is what I'm looking for. There are a longer list of commands than
anything that was tied to boot.ini. The FAQ is an example of things I have
collected when I could find them.

CH

 

[Lew]

It's back on the air (again). I d/l & installed EasyBCD V2.0 and it is great

 

[Rex Geissinger]

I'm not sure what Vista Boot Pro is but it's in the same place as it was in
XP. Goto Control Panel>System - Choose Advanced system properties from the
left pane and click on the settings button under Startup and Recovery.
choose your default operating system from the dropdown list.

Hope this helps anyone else looking for the same boot options. Note that
there is one difference from the XP options, there is no no ability to
manually edit the boot files other options such as disk info ETC,

Rex Geissinger

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

It a graphical editor for editing the boot conguration store, or BCD.

http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php

Even when Vista is gone, the boot options screen will remain and the OP can
remove the "Windows" entry easily with it. That will return the system to
just booting straight into XP. Since Vista does not use boot.ini, the entry
cannot be removed from boot.ini.