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Asked: 2026-05-13T22:09:15+00:00

I need to write to some files in the application directory which is installed

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I need to write to some files in the application directory which is installed under Program Files. I know that with UAC enabled on Vista and Windows 7, users can’t modify files in this directory. However, I’m aware of the UAC Virtualization that was added in Vista which basically redirects writes to the virtualstore directory . In Vista this works great and my files are actually written to this virtualstore directory. However, on Windows 7 I am getting access denied errors and my files are not written to this directory at all. What gives?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Is it the exact same binary or was it re-compiled (under Win7)?

    If your app’s manifest indicates that it is Vista-aware than Vista would also give an error.

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