One wonders if this was intentional too?
Okay, so I have a LOT of files on a LOT of hard disks... One thing I discovered really quickly is that files with an other other than the current user will give problems. So one of the first steps on a new Vista system is to head off into the deep depths of many hard drives, and take "ownership" of all the files under your main user's name. This eliminates many of the UAC (User Account Control) Nag Screens... However, not all. Some refuse to go away, and just make no sense.
Take this for example:
Click on it, blow up the image to be readable... and notice, for example, the error message "Destination Folder Access Denied".. Clicking continue will prompt me for UAC to elevate to Administrator priveledges. Except... I shouldn't NEED them. I'm renaming a file that I OWN... See the second dialogue box - I've entered my current user in, and it shows that the effective permissions are "Full Control".. that is because I used the security properties to take control of the who tree of folders. Yet, it still claims access denied.
I've seen this pop up in a few other places as well. I had one program that crashed out when it was given Access Denied to write some of its temporary files into the standard windows temporary directory! I ran it a second time, and somehow, it got permission.
MS needs to hotfix this kind of issue, or people WILL turn off UAC, not just make it less annoying as I already have. I've got lots of files to rename, and I don't want two clicks for each rename, but Vista is making me do it, even though I own the files. I COULD turn off UAC long enough to do the file ops, then turn it back on - but THAT requires a reboot.
What other kinds of UAC problems are lurking about out there?