I have several files that are accessable from administrators & power users, but not as users. Using the manage computer, I can add the 'power user' to the user group for my user account. However, with UAC on, I cannot open the file. How can one access files with 'power user', and still use UAC?

Powerusers is a group that is only there for backwards compatibility for purposes of domains. Where are these files located that you can't access them?

the files are located on the computer's HD.

JimFlyer said: the files are located on the computer's HD. ROTFL That's funny, but not exactly what Susan asked. The exact location on your harddrive is needed.May I be so bold as to ask what kind of files these are? If you can see them, but not open them, it seems obvious, to me, that you didn't create them. So either they belong to the operating system or a program, or they belong to somebody else.I may be mistaken of course, but we haven't got a lot of information to chew on. ;-)RegardsRem

Since the introduction of Vista, the Power Users group is only there for backward compatibility and now has the same rights level as the normal Users group. To do what you are looking to do, create a new group. For example Power Users 7 and place the user in that group. Grant the appropriate access to the newly created group.

There is a catch though. Power user is considered "higher" than a standard account and is subject to at least one of the UAC interferences. A logon script runs with the highest version of the account and it starts the desktop using the low version. Unless you have the reg key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System Create "EnableLinkedConnections" REG_DWORD, set value to 1 the low account will not see any network driv mappings created by the script. There is no way to elevate to "Power User", no run as Power User.