Disabled UAC Still Can't Rename Files. Now What?

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This is insane. SP1 is installed and gave me no problems but now I have been
reverted back to hell.

Even with no UAC enabled I can't rename C:\Windows\notepad.exe to
notepad.default.exe so I can replace it with NotePad++. So what's next if I
am not an Administrator when logged in?
 
Hi, Clinton.

I agree with Bob! If you MUST use a replacement for a native part of Vista,
put it somewhere outside the \Windows folder.

Not that I object to a 3rd-party replacement. But I would surely keep it
out of the boot folder.

RC
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clintonG said:
This is insane. SP1 is installed and gave me no problems but now I have
been reverted back to hell.

Even with no UAC enabled I can't rename C:\Windows\notepad.exe to
notepad.default.exe so I can replace it with NotePad++. So what's next if
I am not an Administrator when logged in?
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Open a Command Prompt and type:

takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

Then type this & hit enter (Replace USERNAME with YOUR USERNAME. If your
name has a space in it, enclose it with quotes, like "clinton G"):

cacls C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe /G USERNAME:F

Then in Windows Explorer go to C:\Windows\System32

Rename the original notepad.exe to something else, like
"notepad.exe.ORIGINAL", just in case.

If you are unable to do the above, try rebooting into SAFE MODE

Then copy & paste the new notepad.exe into the C:\Windows\System32 folder

ss.
 
Thanks for the tips I didn't need a lecture ;-)

Synapse Syndrome said:
Open a Command Prompt and type:

takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

Then type this & hit enter (Replace USERNAME with YOUR USERNAME. If your
name has a space in it, enclose it with quotes, like "clinton G"):

cacls C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe /G USERNAME:F

Then in Windows Explorer go to C:\Windows\System32

Rename the original notepad.exe to something else, like
"notepad.exe.ORIGINAL", just in case.

If you are unable to do the above, try rebooting into SAFE MODE

Then copy & paste the new notepad.exe into the C:\Windows\System32 folder

ss.
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Thanks for the tips I didn't need a lecture ;-)
BTW cacls is now icacls in Vista and it looks like there's some slight
changes in supported arguments.
 
Thanks for the tips. I didn't need the lecture ;-)

BTW -- cacls has been deprecated by icacls and there appears to be some
change in the supported grammar as /G is no longer spelled that way.
 
clintonG said:
Thanks for the tips. I didn't need the lecture ;-)
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Ok, I got the message, but why ask in the first place then?
BTW -- cacls has been deprecated by icacls and there appears to be some
change in the supported grammar as /G is no longer spelled that way.
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I don't use Vista, so you'll have to work it out yourself.

ss.
 
ham said:
Then why are you here? To raise rabble?
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Hardly. I've been posting here since August 2006, and have answered posts
numbering in the thousands. I just don't currently use Vista on my main
machines as I can live without 3D Flip. I never get malware, and never run
XP as Administrator (I run CMD as admin and call all admin tasks from
there), so I don't need UAC either. My CAD and 3D applications run faster
on XP.

I'm planning to put Vista back on my main workstation now that SP1 has come
out, but I don't see any big reason to use it, other than I have an
otherwise wasted license.

Why are you here?

ss.
 
ham said:
I am here to learn about Vista. SO far about 80% of the posts are not
educational in the least and contain inane spewing of venom towards
MS. Really productive and helpful...NOT! Is that ok?
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80% ??

Show me ONE post that fits your description, idiot.

ss.
 
Dzomlija said:
How the one you just made?
What?

And what about all your other posts, Synapse
Syndrome? Or does looking in the mirror hurt too much?
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What the hell are you talking about? And when have I ever 'spewed venom
towards MS'?

Does expressing disappointment in Vista mean that I 'spew venom towards MS'
in your warped and incompetent fanny reality? Some people here have minds
of their own, bit you do not show any signs of being one of them.

ss.
 
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