tortoisesvn context menu's and windows 7 / Vista UAC

Question

Hi,

I'm using Windows 7 and Tortoise SVN. (although the same applies to Vista)

If, for exampe, I want to download a repo by using the context menu option "SVN Checkout", and want to checkout the files inetpub folder (UAC protected), tortoise SVN cannot due to UAC and gives an "Access Denied" error.

How can I run Tortoise SVN via the context menu "in admin mode" ?

Thanks,

Bob

Answer 1

Check out the accepted answer to this question:

right-click on your working copy c:\dev folder, select "properties" from the context menu. In the properties dialog, go to the security tab. You will notice that the Admin user doesn't have full access (the user is not listed there). Add the Admin user and give it full access rights.