Hammer won't let me save to a custom location.

[lukasturbo]

I'm having a really strange problem with Hammer. Whenever I try to save a file it only allows it to save to C:\Users with a custom name, otherwise it will save as "C:\Users\Default.vmf". If I don't run it as an admin, I get this message: "You don't have permission to save in this location. Contact the administrator to obtain permission.", but I am the administrator. And if I try to overwrite the file I get this message: "Hammer was unable to backup the existing file "C:\Users\Default.vmf" (Error 0x5). Please verify that there is space on the hard drive and that the path still exists.", I have 280GB free.

The last time I used Hammer (a few months back) everything was fine and not much has changed: same PC, same OS.

Please help me.

 

[Gabe Noodle from Volvo]

It's a security setting, programs can't directly access the C drive unless you give them permission. Just set it to run as administrator in the properties.

 

[lukasturbo]

It's a security setting, programs can't directly access the C drive unless you give them permission. Just set it to run as administrator in the properties.

I already set it to run as an admin in the properties. But I have found a bypass. I can save the file in Users folder and then just drag it wherever I want and Ctrl+S works fine. Only "Save as" doesn't work.