How do I give a Program write permissions?

[Dom]

A download utility called GetRight crashes during launch.
I've googled and I've found that the program crashes during
launch or right afterwards if the program doesn't have the
ability write to the folder it is installed to (//Program
Files/Getright/ in my case). I tried googling for "giving
program write permissions xp" to no avail.

When I go to properties, the folder is marked as partially
read only (filled in box as opposed to the check mark). No
files under that folder (or any subfolders) have the read
only attribute (although the subfolders themselves are also
boxed (again not checked)). When I try to remove the read
only attribute ("for this folder and all subfolders"), I
don't get an error message, but when I close the properties
window and re-open it, the read only box is filled in again.

If anyone could tell (or point to some place that will)
show me what I'm doing wrong and help me with program
permissions

Oh, and I'm running (and only need to run) the program from
the administrator account. Also, I'm using the NTFS file
system.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Roger Abell]

Strictly speaking it is not the program that needs
write permissions but the users running the program.
Say this was installed to C:\Program Files\GetRight
You can use the NTFS security dialog in the properties
of the folder (in a safe mode boot if needed or Home ed)
or more simply at a cmd prompt issue
cacls "C:\Program Files\GetRight" /e /t /g Users:C