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Im still having difficulties setting permissions to the directory drupal/sites/default..
I tried using solutions proposed on the forums but none worked...
these are the solutions i tried, please refer me to anything else if u can

1. I used the traditional method of right-clicking folder,then properties, security, then set permission as required
2. Ive used the command prompt but the error still appears on the civicrm installation page.
3. I commented the piece of code said to be controlling the setting of permissions, (modules/civicrm/install/index.php) line 281 to 283, to no avail

another clarification, the directory drupal/sites/default.. contains a folder named files, and two files, one is default.settings and the other is settings, which one should actually be given the write access

Thanks

Im still here coz im an addict!!!!!!

another clarification, the directory drupal/sites/default.. contains a folder named files, and two files, one is default.settings and the other is settings, which one should actually be given the write access

This is correct--there should be two files plus one directory there. CiviCRM needs write access to the directory itself, i.e. drupal/sites/default When it installs, it puts there a file called civicrm.settings.php and then both Drupal and CiviCRM also need write access to drupal/sites/default/files

HTH