By drublue on

alright..so I'm on Windows7 with a local server (xampp) and Drupal is saying that "files is not writable".

I granted every possible right within Windows. I get that this question has been asked many times before but I was not able to find a clear answer.

Some are saying they got around this by reinstalling everything but is that really the only way to fix this problem?

How do I tell apache to grant writing permissions to folders/files? (as I can do it with chmod 777 on unix servers)
Why is Drupal still giving me that alert that "files" is not writable?

Plus some said that write permissions within Windows don't do anything for apache. But how do I set those permissions?

There must be somebody out there facing the same problem. It's driving me crazy.

Drupal 6.19/xampp 1.7.0/PHP 5.2.8 / Windows7 Home

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drublue’s picture

drublue commented

let me rephrase that question:

Drupal keeps telling me the "files folder is not writable", although I am the admin user with all possible permissions (windows 7 / xampp).

Any ideas on how to fix this?

I'm really desperate

zoffmann’s picture

zoffmann commented

same problem here, windows 7 premium, XAMPP Lite 1.7.3 , cannot change permissions on the "files folder" and I have administrative privileges.(The writeprotect chebox is thicked as not writable but greyed.)

?

mjohnq3’s picture

mjohnq3 commented

I've disabled the User Account Control (UAC) features in Windows 7. That seems to cause all kinds of problems and I can't stand all the stupid and mostly useless warning messages. Another thing you might check is where you installed XAMPP and where your Document Root is located. I've had problems if these are located under C:\Program Files. Try reinstalling everything under C:\ or some subfolder of that, even the one XAMPP creates.

You might have better luck using the Acquia Drupal Stack Installer (http://acquia.com/downloads/windows-installer) which places the Drupal files under your User account folders.