I have VS 2005 installed and applied the service pack for Vista (and windows 7). I'm some problems using the program like I used to in XP.

If I want to make a quick change to a file in my asp.net web application like web.config, I used to just double click it and it would open in VS 2005.  Now it will open in VS but it won't let me save the changes.

If I set the devenv.exe to run as administrator throught properties screen I get a different error all together when opening a file. It first asks me if I want to let the following program make changes to my computer.  When I say "yes" it then comes up with an error "There was a problem sending the command to the program".

If I use VS by starting from the start menu and running it, then opening the file from VS it works and I can save the file just fine.

I'd like to be able to do a quick edit like on XP.

-David

It's most likely User Access Control (UAC) that is causing the problem.  

Try disabling UAC in the Control Panel-> Users (or something like that).  Or just search 'turn off uac' in windows help.  In Windows 7 you can lower the level of UAC, but I haven't tried that at all. 

Once I did this, I was able to all sorts of things that I previously had to go to the Start Menu for (and then right-click the program icon, and choose "Run as Administrator"). 

Thanks for the reply. I am running VS as an administrator but that's what is causing the problem. I have it set to always run as an administrator. 

I should be able to double click on an .aspx file or a .cs, .vb file and have it come up in VS; which it does, but I get that error that it can't write to the program. The UAC doesn't have any effect on this problem.

So everyone else can just open a file directly and have it come up in VS then edit and save?