New to Mapmaking, need some help

[joshed7]

I ran worldedit in Win7, but I forgot to run as administrator. My map is saved, but it has a lock over the icon. I can't find it in explorer unless I put it in "Compatibility". I can't open it in Warcraft 3, or in World edit when run as an administrator. If someone could help me that'd be greatly appreciated.

 

[deathismyfriend]

if in windows 7 find the map then find properties. once in properties menu find the section that controls who can view and edit and make proper selections.

 

[joshed7]

Err, I'm not sure I follow, I'm on Win7 Ultimate could you walk me through it?

 

[deathismyfriend]

I'm not at pc ATM but all u do is right click the map file. Then click properties. Then in the menu it brings up one of the tabs has user view and edit options. That's what u need to change

 

[joshed7]

I've tried looking around in my properties and I'm not finding anything, do you remember which tab specifically?

 

[PurgeandFire]

I assume death is referring to:

I had the padlock on a folder after trying to share it with the Homegroup feature. Apparenlty if you remove the HomeUser group from having Read & Execute permission to a folder the lock overlay will appear

And I found this fix on another forum so I will include it here. It sorted me out ok.

You can remove the lock overlay in this case by resetting the permissions to be inherited, and removing all permissions that are not inherited.
Right click the folder, click Properties
Click the Security tab
Click Advanced
Click Change Permissions
Check Both boxes to Include inheritable permissions, and to Replace all child object permissions
Click Apply then click Yes
Wait for the list to refresh
Remove all permissions that say <not inherited>

That should remove the Lock overlay.
You may need to Uncheck Use Sharing Wizard in | Folder Options | View tab to see the Security tab, and may have to boot to Safe Mode as well if running Home Basic or Premium.

Source:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com...ow-do-i-remove-padlock-icon-from-all-my-files

It is a common problem, you may want to do a few google searches and see what works for you since different solutions work in different cases.