Just installed Visual Micro.  When I try to create a new Arduino project, the following error message appears.

Unable to create new sketch

Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\test5' is denied.

Why is this occurring?

I am getting the same access denied message.  I tried putting in my ... documents/arduino directory.  under optional sketch book directory I have also left it blank (which is where it started). 
I have spent about 45 minutes on this but just going around in circles.  I am happy to do a fresh install or whatever it will take to get this working properly.  The problem first arose when I tried to go into the visual micro explorer and use the examples from there.   I get errors that the sketch does not have access to the libraries and now I get a message that I have 5 errors, but no errors are listed.  I am just getting more and more confused and what was a working IDE,  is not really not working at all.  thanks for any help.

thank you, this helps.   I will try the copy mode.  but as an alternative, what is the best way to consitently open vs / vm in administrator mode?  thanks.

Good to hear that "Run as adminstrator" solved the access denied problem for you. 

I moved the library discussion here for you:-
https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1638571805

Examples tutorial link below. It might explain about examples and how to copy them. "Open Copy" for examples that sit below the arduino ide program files folder is the best option, otherwise it is a read only view of the example.

https://www.visualmicro.com/page/vMicro-Videos.aspx#UseExamplesInVM

You can right click any source file (or project) in the solution explorer and click "Open file location". That opens windows explorer on the location where the file or project is located. You can also select an item int he solution explorer and press F4 or "view>properties window" to see the properties of a solution explorer item in a tool window. One of the properties is the physical location (path)

The "copy example" creates a copy in a sub folder of "sketchbook/my examples".

Visual Studio has the concept of a "Solution". A Solution is simply a way to group projects into a single easy to access work space. You can have one project per solution or multiple projects per solution. Multiple solutions can contain the same project. The solution has no relation to the build process, the Solution simply allow you to organise your work. If you don't save a solution during close (when promped), then you need to use "File>Open>Project" or "File>Open>Arduino Project" to reopen the next time you start the ide.

In many cases, the File menu will also show last opened files and last opened projects. That allows you to find things more easily.

Ok, if you look at it again let us know and we will help you reset the visual micro settings. Ideally when starting off it is better to use the defaults. The only config setting would be the Arduino IDE location.

When you have time, follow the request in the yellow box above so that we can see what settings you have.