Keep in mind that disabling UAC on your system is not a secure practice because it may allow malware programs to compromise your system. In Windows 7 OS the only action you have to perform in order to save files at this location (C:\) is to Turn Off UAC (User Account Control) settings from the control panel, but in Windows 8 OS (or Windows 8.1) this procedure doesn't work any more and you have to disable the UAC through Windows Registry. So, when the user tries to create a file in the root folder of drive C:\ (using notepad or another program), Windows displays the error 'You don't have permission to save in this location'. If you try to create or to save a file on the root folder of drive C:\, and you receive the error 'Destination Folder Access Denied: You need permission to perform this action', continue reading below.īy design and for security reasons, Windows 10, 8 & Windows 7 don't allow users (even Administrators) to save files in the root folder of drive C:\.
