can't access protected folders

[ckp]

if i try to access a folder (i am an admin user on Win 10) in xyplorer it just won't show me what is there and says i don't have access.
i have to use windows explorer to navigate there, at which time I get Windows popup that i click on and it then lets me in. only after doing that, i can go to that location with xyplorer. so, for such folder restrictions, why doesn't xyplorer ask me if i want to enter that folder like windows explorer does? is there a setting for this in xyplorer? i do not run xyplorer as admin.

[highend]

I get Windows popup

A "you don't have the necessary privileges" one?

Seems that it's not implemented in XY

[ckp]

A "you don't have the necessary privileges" one?
>yes thats the one.

[admin]

Never seen this here in Win8.1. Does it exist there? Could I have a sceenshot of that dialog?

[highend]

E.g.:

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%SystemDrive%\PerfLogs

Permission_denied.png

[admin]

Thanks, I see that here in Win8.1 as well.

OK, needs some research...

[admin]

...don't find anything at all. What's the exact English wording of this message?

[highend]

permissions.png

[Window Title]
PerfLogs

[Main Instruction]
You don't currently have permission to access this folder.

[Content]
Click Continue to permanently get access to this folder.

[Continue] [Cancel]

[ckp]

i'm pretty sure when you click Continue on that popup, that the permissions get changed, which is also why you can go there using xyplorer after doing that.

[highend]

Ofc. Windows gives the current user the necessary permissions to access that folder.
This could be scripted as well (store the acls of that folder with icacls, confirm the
dialog, store the acls again, compare both files -> Create a icacls call to replicate the behavior (only once of course!))
but this would be a bit of overkill if Windows provides any API to do the same...

[admin]

No luck up to now. Did not find any documentation about this dialog.

Wow, now I got it!

[highend]

Link?

[admin]

I could create that prompt simply by calling ShellExecute on that folder. But there's a problem. The call is asynchronous. This is getting complex. I will try a little more but will postpone it to the future if I remain unsuccessful.

[admin]

OK, I now successfully unlocked C:\PerfLogs from XY.

Uhm, any idea how I can get it back to the original state? I need to do some more testing...

[PeterH]

Hm - just how it sounds:

The text says "um dauerhaft Zugriff Zu erhalten" / "to permanently get access".

So if it means what it says it is expected to be "permanent"?