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[Masterducky]

Its very strange.

I can create a file or folder in the system32 folder on Win7 x64 manually but not programmatically.

I tried fopen() and CopyFile() functions, they can create elsewhere but not in the system32 folder.

Has anybody already had the same experience?

[webdevil]

That's UAC

Read on http://visualstudiom...uac-issues.aspx

[Masterducky]

Thank you Webdevil!

Looks like no easy way to beat UAC.

[infiltrator]

Thank you Webdevil!

Looks like no easy way to beat UAC.

Are you able to run your program as Administrator, to see if you can overcome this problem.

[Masterducky]

No I cant either in the system32 folder but i can in the windows folder. (right click -> run as Admin)

[Annexx]

I'll quote a part from this article
"Windows Vista's newly-implemented security limitations are artificial at best, easy to code around, and only there to give the impression of security."
UAC seems intimidating, but the truth is, there are tons of ways to beat it. Hell I've even read an article somewhere explaining how replacing Calculator ("\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe") with whatever executable you want will render that executable immune from UAC.
Here's another article, about how UAC on Windows 7 is failing http://arstechnica.c...ll-win7-uac.ars
And Google will turn up a lot more examples of course

[Masterducky]

Thank you Annexx!