Wrong error msg. when moving file w/o write permission

[StatusQuo]

TC 7.50b4, also present in previous versions incl. 7.04a (XP SP3),
cm_RenMov, cm_MoveOnly, cm_RenameOnly and cm_RenameSingleFile:

Moving or inplace-renaming a file, which the current user has no write access to,
TC shows an error message, telling that the target file can not be written - although the source file is the one with the missing write permission.
IMO a "cannot delete" message for the source file would fit better here (string #55 in the language file).

Currently, moving C:\restricted\source.txt to C:\free-access\target.txt, TC says:

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Error: Cannot write C:\free-access\target.txt!
Please remove the write protection!

[ghisler(Author)]

Does the user have read rights to the file? It's sometimes difficult to determine why MoveFile fails when it returns error 5 (access denied). It can be both source or target denied.

[StatusQuo]

Addition: This only applies when moving to another dir on the same drive.
Moving to another drive correctly tells, that the source file can't be deleted.

Yes, on the source file read access is allowed, writing is not. CACLS on the file says:

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VORDEFINIERT\Administratoren:F
NT-AUTORITÄT\SYSTEM:F
VORDEFINIERT\Benutzer:R
Jeder:R

The move was tried with a user of the group "Benutzer" (User).

In the target dir all users have access right "Change (write)".

But I'd rate this issue not so important.

[ghisler(Author)]

I have checked it now - Windows really returns access denied (error 5) here. Sorry, I will have to leave it as it is now, TC cannot know whether the error was a source or target problem.