Windows 7: cannot write into the www folder

Hi,

I've just installed EasyPHP under Windows 7 (64 bit).

Help pages and tutorials tell you to place all the files to be served (i.e. .php files) into the www folder inside Program Files/EasyPHP

However, access to the www folder is restricted and you cannot create any file in it unless you use an administrator account. This is probably because it is a sub(sub)folder of the Program Files directory which has restricted access.

How can I change that?
By the way I think the installation program should automatically change permissions of that folder so that it can be written by a regular user, or use by default another folder that is not protected.

Also I tried by editing the httpd.conf file (running the notepad as administrator) and changing the value of DocumentRoot, but I don't know what's the syntax to specify a folder such as C:\www
If I set it to "C:\www" the server fails to start.
If I set it to "C:/www", the server starts, but when I open the browser and go to 127.0.0.1 I get the message "access denied or no index file" (I'm translating it). This doesn't happen when I use the default value of DocumentRoot.


Thanks in advance
m.

If you want, you can run EasyPHP as Administrator, or disable Windows UAC ;)