Most likely your exe is not running as administrator - try running your exe as administrator (right click on the exe and choose run as administrator -- if you are prompted for a password then you or the user is logged in as a standard user without admin privileges) and see if the "access denied" message goes away...(BTW, that directory path only exists on 64-bit Os's...)

>Hi
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>I wanted to hide a file. I thought "Windows is the folder. Too many files, not easy to find rare things"
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>Hide is not an attribute. Hidden among many files. I want to access it if necesary
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>I wanted to create a folder in Windows... W 7 told me: "KEEP OUT"
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>Ok. What about "program files" folder?
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>I tested and I got it. A file was created in "Programs files (x86)" but... I couldn't find it!!! Althought I unchecked "Hide protected files" and checked "show hidden files" Windows 7 search couldn't find it.
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>However inside VFP it was found? Yes.
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>Through a third party program I could see my file. It was there. Windows doesn't find it. VFP yes...
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>Ok. I made the EXE file.
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>"Access denied"
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>¿?
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>The same file is created without problems inside VFP when I execute the final program can't be created.
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>Can anyone tell me why?
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>And..
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>How can I create a file that I want to stay in Windows or another system folder? I don't want to corrupt system. I want to create a file in a common folder.
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>Obviously I can solve my problem in another way but since this experience I wonder why development yes, executable not.
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> Héctor