installation 5308 fine but trouble bcdedit

I installed 5308 successfully - however in a earlier post, I asked about how to remove the extraneous boot entries and Jabez Gan said for me to use BCDEDIT - which appears will work. However, I get this message when I run it:
Micorosft Windows [Version 6.0.5308] (C) Copyright 1985-2005 Microsoft Corp.
E:\Users\Chris>c:
C:\>bcdedit The boot configuration data store could not be opened. Access is denied
C:\>
At first, I did it on the E: drive but when I got the same message as above, I tried the C: drive (since it is the boot drive) but to no avail. Do I need to be in a specific directory to run this command?
=-Chris

Change the properties of ECDEIT so that everyone (or specifically you) has permission to edit it, and also go to Run, type in without the quotations "msconfig", OK, click on the Tools tab, highlight "Disable UAP" and click Launch, restart, then try again :o)
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I installed 5308 successfully - however in a earlier post, I asked about how to remove the extraneous boot entries and Jabez Gan said for me to use BCDEDIT - which appears will work. However, I get this message when I run it:
Micorosft Windows [Version 6.0.5308] (C) Copyright 1985-2005 Microsoft Corp.
E:\Users\Chris>c:
C:\>bcdedit The boot configuration data store could not be opened. Access is denied
C:\
At first, I did it on the E: drive but when I got the same message as above, I tried the C: drive (since it is the boot drive) but to no avail. Do I need to be in a specific directory to run this command?
=-Chris

Where is ECDEIT?
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message

Change the properties of ECDEIT so that everyone (or specifically you) has permission to edit it, and also go to Run, type in without the quotations "msconfig", OK, click on the Tools tab, highlight "Disable UAP" and click Launch, restart, then try again :o)
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Chris Conner" wrote in message I installed 5308 successfully - however in a earlier post, I asked about how to remove the extraneous boot entries and Jabez Gan said for me to use BCDEDIT - which appears will work. However, I get this message when I run it:
Micorosft Windows [Version 6.0.5308] (C) Copyright 1985-2005 Microsoft Corp.
E:\Users\Chris>c:
C:\>bcdedit The boot configuration data store could not be opened. Access is denied
C:\
At first, I did it on the E: drive but when I got the same message as above, I tried the C: drive (since it is the boot drive) but to no avail. Do I need to be in a specific directory to run this command?
=-Chris

Sorry... BCDEDIT... typed it wrong :o$
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--- Original message follows --- "Chris Conner" wrote in message

Where is ECDEIT?
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message Change the properties of ECDEIT so that everyone (or specifically you) has permission to edit it, and also go to Run, type in without the quotations "msconfig", OK, click on the Tools tab, highlight "Disable UAP" and click Launch, restart, then try again :o)
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Chris Conner" wrote in message I installed 5308 successfully - however in a earlier post, I asked about how to remove the extraneous boot entries and Jabez Gan said for me to use BCDEDIT - which appears will work. However, I get this message when I run it:
Micorosft Windows [Version 6.0.5308] (C) Copyright 1985-2005 Microsoft Corp.
E:\Users\Chris>c:
C:\>bcdedit The boot configuration data store could not be opened. Access is denied
C:\
At first, I did it on the E: drive but when I got the same message as above, I tried the C: drive (since it is the boot drive) but to no avail. Do I need to be in a specific directory to run this command?
=-Chris

Chris Conner wrote:

I installed 5308 successfully - however in a earlier post, I asked about how to remove the extraneous boot entries and Jabez Gan said for me to use BCDEDIT - which appears will work. However, I get this message when I run it:
Micorosft Windows [Version 6.0.5308] (C) Copyright 1985-2005 Microsoft Corp.
E:\Users\Chris>c:
C:\>bcdedit The boot configuration data store could not be opened. Access is denied

BCDEDIT requires administrative privileges. LUA/UAP means that your command prompt by default doesn't have 'em. Launch CMD with a right-click "Run as Administrator" and then BCDEDIT will work just fine. Alternatively, you may wish to customise the LUA/UAP settings to either dial it down a bit, or turn it off entirely.
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

I spent a whole afternoon in frustration with this.
Eventually I booted off the installation DVD and selected Recovery Options and dropped to a command prompt.
Everything worked beautifully then with BCDEDIT, no need to worry about the UAP, etc.
All I did was
CD\boot path <drive>\windows\system32 bcdedit
Once I worked out what the commands meant (and wrote down the horrible ID strings) it was very simple simple.
I now have a beautiful dual boot menu just how I want it
"Chris Conner" wrote in message

I installed 5308 successfully - however in a earlier post, I asked about how to remove the extraneous boot entries and Jabez Gan said for me to use BCDEDIT - which appears will work. However, I get this message when I run it:
Micorosft Windows [Version 6.0.5308] (C) Copyright 1985-2005 Microsoft Corp.
E:\Users\Chris>c:
C:\>bcdedit The boot configuration data store could not be opened. Access is denied
C:\
At first, I did it on the E: drive but when I got the same message as above, I tried the C: drive (since it is the boot drive) but to no avail. Do I need to be in a specific directory to run this command?
=-Chris