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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1287075" data-attributes="member: 141969">Is that true? I was under the impression that because TV Server is a service, it runs under its own security context, and not the security context of the logged-on user. Since moving to a Windows 10 laptop a couple of months ago (from WinXP), I have found that file and folder authorisations seem to change for no apparent reason (i.e. not as a result of something that I did). In one case, one of my batch scripts failed because the logged-on user (me!) did not have execute access to a required EXE (despite that fact that the logged-on user was part of the administrators group). In another case, I did not have write access to a folder. As a member of the adminstrators group, I was able to use the &quot;Security&quot; tab in Windows Explorer to delete all of the existing authorisations, and then give myself unrestricted access. So not difficult to solve, but possibly puzzling to identify as the cause of the problem if not expecting a problem with authorisations.There is the &quot;nuclear fission&quot; option:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uninstall MP; delete all leftover MP folders; re-install MP.</li>
</ul>And there is the &quot;nuclear fusion&quot; option:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Boot from a Windows installer; format your &quot;C:&quot; drive; re-install Windows; re-install MP. Remember to back-up any important files currently on the &quot;C:&quot; drive before you format it.</li>
</ul>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1287075, member: 141969"] Is that true? I was under the impression that because TV Server is a service, it runs under its own security context, and not the security context of the logged-on user. Since moving to a Windows 10 laptop a couple of months ago (from WinXP), I have found that file and folder authorisations seem to change for no apparent reason (i.e. not as a result of something that I did). In one case, one of my batch scripts failed because the logged-on user (me!) did not have execute access to a required EXE (despite that fact that the logged-on user was part of the administrators group). In another case, I did not have write access to a folder. As a member of the adminstrators group, I was able to use the "Security" tab in Windows Explorer to delete all of the existing authorisations, and then give myself unrestricted access. So not difficult to solve, but possibly puzzling to identify as the cause of the problem if not expecting a problem with authorisations. There is the "nuclear fission" option: [LIST] [*]Uninstall MP; delete all leftover MP folders; re-install MP. [/LIST] And there is the "nuclear fusion" option: [LIST] [*]Boot from a Windows installer; format your "C:" drive; re-install Windows; re-install MP. Remember to back-up any important files currently on the "C:" drive before you format it. [/LIST] -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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