Windows 10; document read only by opening

Hi,

I'm not Chris, but I have the same problem, yet with Version 6.6.6. build 1907. The problem is persisting since I had installed Version 6.6.6. I've re-installed version 6.6.5

Best regards
Lenz

Hi Lenz,

a more specific description would be helpfull.

1) What version of Windows 10? The latest 20H2? Or which one?

2) What account are you using? A normal user account or an user account with admin rights?

3) Where is the RT-file saved? In the documents-folder of the user or somewhere else?

4) How do open the RT-file? By dragging it from the windows-explorer to the RT-window or by opening it from inside RT using the open-command?

Best regards
Stephan

Btw: Just seen the latest version of RT is 1909.

Hi,

I'm neither Chris nor Lenz, but I have the same problem since 6.6.6., even with 1909.

1) Win10 Pro 2004

2) Normal User. Are there still administrator accounts? I thought this was handled via "Run as administrator"-command nowadays.

3) Somewhere else. Doesn't matter if local or network drive.

4) Doesn't matter, same result if I open it via "file open" or double click in explorer.

Error message is "5: Access is denied"

Thanks in advance

Best regards
RTU

Hello, RTU,

if you are having just one user-account then this is an Administrator-account.
Otherwise you are in trouble.

MS changed the "normal" rights of the Admin-account.
In the past there were no restrictions, now (since win10-1909/-1807?) the normal Admin-account has some limitations.
That's why there is the "Run as Administrator"-command for full privileges.

Let me explain:
I have similiar problems with the software WinRAR.
Running it in the normal userspace of the Admin-account I can use drag'n'drop to put files into an RAR-archive.
But unpacking files via context-menu "unpack files to folder" anywhere on drive C or D ends up with error messages for every unpacked file stating that I do not have sufficient rights to do so (regarding security descriptions I think).
Every file is correctly unpacked but the error messages states that I as an Admin do not have sufficient rights.

Starting WinRAR with the "Run as Administrator"-command, there will be no error-message unpacking via context-menu.
BUT drag'n'drop does not work anymore, because the Windows-Explorer is running with the "normal" Admin user-rights in a different user-space.
And WinRAR has different Full-Admin-rights.
And these two different user-spaces with different rights seem to collide.

So maybe that is the problem with RT, too.

Did you test to start RT via the "Run as Administrator"-command?
Does this change the behaviour?

Regards
Stephan

Hi Stephan,

Thanks a lot for your explanation.

Indeed, if RagTime is started via "Run as Administrator" it opens files normally. But that can't the final solution. I also tried opening a document from the documents folder, that also works normally. But also not a serious option, we use RagTime professionally and we have our files on network drives exclusively.

Wasn't there someone from RagTime support reading here?

Best regards
RTU