Recently Norton Internet security deleted ml.exe (an assembler I use to program in masm32) off of my computer, thinking that one of the programs I had written with it was a virus (it was most certainly not). Fortunately, I had a copy of ml.exe backed up in an external hard drive, and tried to copy it over to my computer. The old ml.exe was located in C:\masm32\bin, so I tried to copy the new one to that location.
After disabling Norton (which had opened the folder and preventing me from accessing it), I am still unable to copy the new file to C:\masm32\bin. When I tried, Windows announced that I would need Administrator permission to copy the file. Since I'm an admin, I figured this wouldn't be a problem although it was unexpected, as I have never had to provide administrator permission to access this folder before.
However, instead of prompting me to enter my password, Windows simply refuses to copy the file:
I repeat, I was not asked to provide a password. It simply says that I do not have permission.
Does anyone know what's happening and how to fix it? Is Norton still causing problems, or it something else?
Best Answer
Add the file path (the destination,
C:\masm32\bin\ml.exe?) to an exception for your antivirus software. This will probably give you permission to copy the file to that location again.I think Norton calls them Exclusions. Look for that in the Settings window. (Rebooting / relogging after you do so might help)