Windows 10: My C: drive ins't letting me have administrator privileges

My C: drive has just locked me out of editing certain files such as my Program files, User, $SysReset. My antivirus has stopped working and keep saying its crashed and the solutions they offer cannot be done due to some of my apps that are installed on the C: drive just won't openDevice Manager, Command Prompt etc.I cannot update Windows like the Quality Update 2023-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems KB5032190 unless its a Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus, otherwise i get this error : Download error - 0x80070005.I have

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C:\ Drive unwritable to non-administrator privileged applications

I have reproduced your problem in the latest version of Windows 11 and found that:

• If you run MS Paint as an administrator, you can then save the image to C:\ root directory. Since when you run the program as an administrator, you already have all the permissions to the C drive, including the Read and write permissions for C:\ root directory.
  
• But if you run MS Paint as normal user, you can access C:\ in the Save as pop-up and create a new directory (you will be prompted for administrator privileges), and then you can save the image directly in that directory. But you can't save directly to the C:\ root directory.
  

This is normal and is designed for system security reasons.

 

C:\ Drive unwritable to non-administrator privileged applications

I didn't have any problem. Perhaps you meant to reply to AgentX2009?

Unfortunately, Microsoft uses confusing terminology when it comes to elevated privileges. The option "Run as administrator" should have been labelled something like "Run elevated". If one is already logged in as an "Administrator" user, then "Run as administrator" sounds redundant. Yes, you and I know it's different, but it's amazing that Microsoft didn't see the potential for confusion.

There are, therefore, three privilege levels at which one can run any app: 1) Standard user, 2) Administrator user, 3) Elevated privileges (i.e. "Run as administrator").

The error message, when attempting to save to the root of C: , is the same for Standard and Administrator users.

Creating a new folder off the root of C: is allowed, without any elevation prompt, for both Standard and Administrator users.

Yes, when MSPaint is run elevated (using the option "Run as administrator") files can be saved directly to the root of C: without prompt, but this should not be confused with normally running MSPaint with an Administrator type account.

What remains as a mystery to me is how the OP got the error "A required privilege is not held by the client" when the expected message is "You don't have permission to save to this location".

 

Dell Touchpad uninstall administrator privileges

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

From the description of the issue, I understand that you are unable to uninstall drivers from Device Manager as it prompts saying log-in with administrator privileges, we will help you to resolve this issue.

I would recommend you to see if you are logged in administrator account, if not then enable it. Please follow the below steps to enable:

Step 1: I would suggest you to enable the built-in administrator account.

You need to run the command from an elevated command prompt. To do that follow the below steps:

• 
  Press the Windows key + R from the keyboard to open the
  Run Command Dialog Box.
  
• 
  Type cmd and right-click on the
  Command Prompt result that should appear.
  
• 
  This opens a list of options at the bottom. Select
  Run as administrator.
  
• 
  Accept the UAC (User Account Control) prompt.
  
• 
  Enter the following command to enable the hidden administrator account:
  net user administrator /active:yes
  

Hope it helps. Feel free to contact us for any assistance on Windows Operating System, we will be happy to help you.