Error cannot write C:\

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Error cannot write C:\

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How do save with administrator privileges?

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Re: Error cannot write C:\

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Does it not help if you run Total Commander as Administrator first?
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Re: Error cannot write C:\

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C:\ is blocked for writing files, but you can create directories there. I don't recommend putting any files in C: directly.
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Re: Error cannot write C:\

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These files are automatically created even if I do not know how many times they deleted them.

File (without ext)
0 bytes
C:\end
File (without ext)

File (without ext)
36 bytes(1KB)
C:\tmp
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Only programs running with full administrator privileges are able to write there. You could try using the free tool "process monitor" from www.sysinternals.com (now part of Microsoft) to find out what is writing there.
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Re: Error cannot write C:\

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I opened the "tmp" file in a text editor.
I have such a text. What is this.

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{"ad_free":1,"http":"","ad_after":0}
Google search: {"ad_free":1,"http":"","ad_after":0}
Not found.
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