Why Run As Administrator?

[brian82]

I have recently started testing FreeFileSync and find that I cannot get any sync to work unless I run FreeFileSync as Administrator.

For example, a simple syncing of My Documents to a second disk drive. I have the only user account on a WIN7 X64 system. It is an Administrator account. If I create or modify a file in My Documents and then attempt to sync My Documents to a My Documents folder on a second disk drive it will fail with

Cannot read permissions of 'D:\My Documents\newnew.txt'.
Cannot set privilege "SeSecurityPrivilege".
Error Code 1300: Not all privileges or groups referenced are assigned to the caller.

unless I run FreeFileSync as Administrator. Since I created and own both My Documents folders and the files within them I don’t understand why FreeFileSynce must run as Administrator.

One reason I find this objectionable is that I would like to run a batch job at log-off to sync My Documents. Having to respond to a Run as Administrator prompt each time would make FreeFileSync unusable,

Any explanation would be appreciated. Thanks.

[sf2010]

I'm running RealTimeSync (which runs FreeFileSync) on 2 x Windows 8 and 1 x Windows 7 laptops, syncing Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos to network shares no problem. Users on the laptops are Administrators and no Run as Administrator prompts get in the way.

Sorry I don't know what your problem is but thought you might like to know it's possible with FFS. Are you sure you've checked ownership and permissions for the target folders?

[Zenju]

disable menu->advanced->global settings: copy NTFS permissions.

[brian82]

disable menu->advanced->global settings: copy NTFS permissions.

Zenju -

Thank you - that was it.