Drag and Drop also Error Code 5: Access is denied. (CreateFile)

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gyrdleah

OS win 8.1. FFS version 7.5 Build Oct 1 2015 - Unicode x64
Its a bit of a catch 22 situation. If I do run FFS with admin I can't use "drag and drop" but I dont get "*Error Code 5: Access is denied. (CreateFile)" *.

However If I dont run with admin I get:-

*"Cannot set directory lock for "C:\Anydir".

*Cannot write file "C:\Anydir\sync.ffslock".*

*Cannot write file "C:\Anydir\sync.ffslock".*

*Error Code 5: Access is denied. (CreateFile)"*

I know I can, as a work around, exit programme and rerun with different permissions but its a bit of a fiddle to do so.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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