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I'm trying to add in 

colorscheme desert

at the bottom of my _vimrc file within Windows 7 and when trying to save it, I keep getting "Access Denied". I set my HOME variable to the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim" but still no luck.

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Hmm...I figured it out. I just had to add special permissions to my user group. – CoryDorning Jul 11 '10 at 0:23
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Don't save your user preferences in Program Files, save them in your $HOME directory, which should be set to C:\Users\username (or similar).

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+1 and especially don't set your HOME variable to C:\Program Files\anything. – Greg Hewgill Jul 12 '10 at 1:10
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To run a program as administrator hold down Ctrl + Shift when you open it. This might give you the permissions to do what you want to do.

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thx for the tip, but the option isn't available for the file itself and when opening it from Vim (under admin) still didn't have any luck. – CoryDorning Jul 11 '10 at 0:22
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