Writefile() fun fails in OS drive of vista.

[C myLife]

Hi All, I am stucked into a problem of writing into C: drive(OS)in vista. I need to edit something in the metadata of a file. Well I can do this with other volumes but not in C: . Please guide me how to overcome this problem? :(

[norish]

Did you check the return code of GetLastError()?

[_Superman_]

Are you doing it programaticaly. If so your program will need elevated privileges.

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[C myLife]

yA i DID EVERY THING. eRROR CODE 5 : aCCESS IS DENIED. And the code I am running with admin priviledge. This problem is only with the OS drive not with other partitions.

[KarstenK]

i guess you exe hasnt the rights to write in such location. Do writing in a user directory. ->GetFolderPath()

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[Michael Dunn]

Where exactly is the file you're trying to write to? Do you have privileges to write to the file?

[C myLife]

If you understand the metadata area of a file($MFT area)of a particular file , that is the location where I have to modify some values of a OS drive. But windows is not giving me permission to write at low level.