[CLOSED] Getting started project not writable on Windows

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Issue by ZweiSteinSoft
Thursday Sep 06, 2012 at 21:08 GMT
Originally opened as adobe/brackets#1577

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After installing Brackets in the default folder (which is inside %PROGRAMFILES%) and starting the app, users cannot edit nor add new files to the default Getting started project, reason being the User Account Control preventing write access to non-elevated apps.

Three possible solutions:

• Change Brackets default installation folder to somewhere inside %APPDATA% instead of %PROGRAMFILES%.
• Create start menu shortcut with enabled UAC elevation checkbox.
• Copy Getting started project to %APPDATA% and display it from there.

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Comment by peterflynn
Thursday Sep 06, 2012 at 21:16 GMT

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Yep, this was a known issue with the current approach. Option 3 is the one we'd like to do longer-term (and same thing for the extensions\user folder -- being located under %PROGRAMFILES% makes it a pain for extension developers).

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Comment by pthiess
Wednesday Sep 12, 2012 at 16:14 GMT

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Reviewed - new backlog item.

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Comment by pthiess
Thursday Oct 25, 2012 at 02:01 GMT

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Added this to Trello Card #632, closing.

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Comment by peterflynn
Monday Feb 25, 2013 at 18:43 GMT

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This also breaks other operations in the Getting Started project, like New Folder (see http://forums.adobe.com/message/5100785#5100785)