Setup was unable to create the directory - Error 5: Access is Denied

[mrfatboy]

I have been trying to install a couple of programs to my Windows 7x64 computer. The programs are mediamonkey and musicbrainz. Both install fine on another win7x64 computer I have.

I get the following error:

Setup was unable to create the directory
"c:\users\office\appdata\local\temp\is-CIGH9.tmp"
Error 5: Access is Denied


I have checked permissions and ownership and I as far as I can tell I have all the rights.
I can create a file in the "temp" directory.
I can delete a file in the "temp" directly.
I have tried "run as administrator" (even though I am the administrator)
The UAC is off. I have turned on and it still doesn't work. Turned it back off.

Any suggestions? This is driving me nuts.

 

[denis280]

(chkdsk) did you try that

 

[corkyg]

Using Explorer, go to the top folder, right click on it and "Take Ownership."

My question is - why are your music programs using \Office?

 

[fralexandr]

looks like office is the user account?

 

[mrfatboy]

Yes, Office is the user account. I solved the problem by using my acronis backup of tbe os.

I wish i could have really solved the problem tho. Fortunately i just backed up the os a couple of days before. In the days that followed i had a page file problem. I was switching drives around. Maybe fixing that cause me to break the temp directory permissions. Not sure why or if but its the only thing i could think off.