Error with Kicad 9.0

Software
1

I have attached the error I get when starting kicad 9.0 on a windows 11 I7 with 16GB ram

Error is : Cannot enumerate files in directory C:\Windows\WUModels (error 5: access is denied)

I am running as administrator.

Any Ideas?

2

Are you placing your projects in the C: drive root?

You should place your project in another folder.

Also you should not run KiCad as Administrator.

3

No. They are not in the root but in a sub directory for the project. I have tried both ways Admin and not. My thanks for your quick response I will try a few other things and if solved I will report what was found out.

4

Maybe you have a .git folder in C: root?

5

I do have git installed and use it for other projects but none are in the c: root. I run a few times and the directory error changes from the:

C:\Windows\WUModels (error 5: access is denied)
to
C:\Windows\temp\ {0BF08B91-9A8F-4745-9900-B0BB3401673F} (error 5: access is denied)

The {****} changes a few times

6

Does it happen with no projects open?

Rename the 9.0 folder in %appdata%/kicad and start KiCad with default settings. Does it happen again?

7

You should never run KiCad as Administrator, the privilege is only required during installation.
any directory immediately under C:\Windows is normally read only to Users