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[Windows platform only] access denied on save - offer to elevate permissions
Summary
Sublime Text doesn't show the UAC prompt to elevate permissions for saving a file in a restricted folder on Windows.
Steps to reproduce
- On Windows, with User Account Control enabled, open a file in a restricted location, like (a subfolder of)
C:\Program Files. - Make any change to the file
- Save it
Expected behavior
ST3 should invoke a UAC dialog to elevate permissions so that the file can be saved.
Actual behavior
error: Unable to save C:\Program Files (x86)... Error: Access is denied.
Environment
- Operating system and version:
- [X] Windows 7 x64
- [ ] Mac OS ...
- [ ] Linux ...
- Sublime Text:
- Build 3113
Additional notes: It works on Linux, with it's equivalent of UAC elevation.