Can you try this - go to Accessories and right click on Notepad or Wordpad.
Choose run as administrator. See if you can edit and save your file that
way...

"Philn" <Philn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Mac,
>
> Yes I can. I go to the file and either right click and choose edit or
> double click on the file. I could usually just make my changes and then
> save. Only now with Vista, when I click on save I get that error message
> every time.
>
> Phil
>
> "Mac" wrote:
>
>> Can you navigate to and see that file in Windows Explorer?
>>
>> "Philn" <Philn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AF13D889-7A97-46BB-8C6E-2A00B5D86857@microsoft.com...
>> > Ok....I just got a new system with Vista. I have always been able to
>> > edit
>> > config files within Microsoft FLight Sim without any problem using
>> > notepad.
>> > Now i try to edit these files in FSX and I get this error message:
>> >
>> > "Cannot create the c:\Program files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight
>> > SImulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\Airbus_A321\Panel\Panel.cfg file."
>> > "Make
>> > sure that the path and file name are correct."
>> >
>> > This is very frustrating, because I have double checked and doubled
>> > checked
>> > that the path and file name are correct. Can anyone tell me why this
>> > is
>> > doing that or maybe direct me to where I can get help on this??
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance,
>> > Phil
>>