title: Providing postgres windows system permission for copy (windows 8)
body: <p>I'm looking to copy CSV files using pgadmin iii. Very new to this. </p>
  
  <p>When I run a "copy" command from the query builder, I'm getting the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code> ERROR: could not open file 'C:\\Users\\Nick\\Documents\\CDR\\csv1.csv" for reading: Permission denied SQL state: 42501
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've found this mentioned a few other places (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9263408/postgresql-inconsistent-copy-permissions-errors">here</a> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14083311/permission-denied-when-trying-to-import-a-csv-file-from-pgadmin">here</a>, and <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21026536/import-data-from-excel-to-postgresql">here</a> for example , and the general fix is to add "postgres" to the file permissions (people also advise moving csv to the public folder, but this causes problems for other reasons).</p>
  
  <p>But when I try to add postgres  to the people with permissions in Windows 8, when I check the name I get an "the object postgres cannot be found" error. </p>
  
  <p>If I add "Everyone" it works, but for obvious reasons I won't want to leave an important folder with "Everyone" access. </p>
  
  <p>Can anyone please advise on how to give postgres permissions in Windows 8?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>