Originally Posted by Phanx
Unless you've disabled some operating system security features, under Windows 7, programs can't write to files inside the Program Files directory, so programs like WoW that would normally store their settings inside their own folder instead store it in the "VirtualStore" folder inside your Windows user profile folder.
Search your computer for folders named "SavedVariables" to find the appropriate path. Then, move the UI settings files into that path under VirtualStore instead of the program path under Program Files.
Alternatively (and less complicatedly) just move the whole World of Warcraft folder out of the Program Files folder. Unless your WoW install is really old, it shouldn't install itself in there by default anyway. I think the current default install path is C:\Users\Public\Games, but if you're moving it yourself, you can put it anywhere. I use C:\Games personally.
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That worked, much appreciated everyone who took time to answer.
Also strange because my WoW install was only ~5 months old and it defaulted to program files.