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Offline jimb11

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Access denied
« on: December 17, 2012, 06:26:57 PM »
I tried to make changes to the avast.ini file but it keeps telling me access denied. What could be wrong?

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Re: Access denied
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2012, 06:31:48 PM »
avast self-protection is enabled ;)

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Offline jimb11

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Re: Access denied
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2012, 06:33:19 PM »
I already turned it off.
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Offline Lisandro

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Re: Access denied
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2012, 06:33:40 PM »
The ini file is protected by self-defense module (Settings > Troubleshooting).
But only edit what you're sure you need :)
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Offline jimb11

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Re: Access denied
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2012, 06:44:55 PM »
avast self-protection is already turned off and it still does it.
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Re: Access denied
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2012, 06:53:04 PM »
Quote from: jimb11 on December 17, 2012, 06:26:57 PM
I tried to make changes to the avast.ini file but it keeps telling me access denied. What could be wrong?

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You are probably using another text editor and not notepad which is the only authorised text editor which has write permission when opening the avast5.ini any other only has Read permissions. So you will come up against permission/access issues when trying to modify/save the changes.
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Re: Access denied
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2012, 07:01:17 PM »
I am using notepad.
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Re: Access denied
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2012, 07:07:20 PM »
Maybe you are logged on as a restricted user that doesn't have access to the corresponding folder?
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