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I am logged in as Bill (an admin user). I tried to create a new txt doc in an install folder far down under Program Files (x86). My only rt clk option is new folder. I opened another txt file in that folder with Ultraedit (my default editor) and saved it as NOTES.txt in that folder. Now I can open it from inside Ultraedit but when I look in the folder with windows explorer I can't see it. All the other files r visible. If I copy it from the "open" window inside Ultraedit and try to paste it to the desktop I get an error that it can't find the file.
The owner of the C: drive is TRUSTEDINSTALLER. I did not chg anything since I reinstalled W7. The administrators have ALL permissions and I am an admin.
I switch users to Admin (another admin user) and see the same thing so I take ownership of just that folder (as Admin) and now I can create a new txt doc NOTES.txt. -- which would indicate there is no NOTES.txt file in that folder -- except I can open it in Bill with Ultraedit. When I open it in Admin it is blank.
I switch back to Bill and now I can see NOTES.txt with explorer and if I dbl clk it it opens in Ultraedit and is NOT blank.
If I delete it in Admin, it deletes it in Bill. If I restore it in Admin it is again seen in Bill. If I open it in Admin it is blank. If I open it (as Bill) in that folder it is NOT blank. BUT, if I D&D it to the desktop and open it from there it is blank.
WTF is going on????????????
And better yet can I ever make it work in some logical fashion?
BTW - explorer is set to show all files
The owner of the C: drive is TRUSTEDINSTALLER. I did not chg anything since I reinstalled W7. The administrators have ALL permissions and I am an admin.
I switch users to Admin (another admin user) and see the same thing so I take ownership of just that folder (as Admin) and now I can create a new txt doc NOTES.txt. -- which would indicate there is no NOTES.txt file in that folder -- except I can open it in Bill with Ultraedit. When I open it in Admin it is blank.
I switch back to Bill and now I can see NOTES.txt with explorer and if I dbl clk it it opens in Ultraedit and is NOT blank.
If I delete it in Admin, it deletes it in Bill. If I restore it in Admin it is again seen in Bill. If I open it in Admin it is blank. If I open it (as Bill) in that folder it is NOT blank. BUT, if I D&D it to the desktop and open it from there it is blank.
WTF is going on????????????
And better yet can I ever make it work in some logical fashion?
BTW - explorer is set to show all files
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