Windows 10: How to tell my computer that I AM the admin??

So, all day today while trying to do things I'm usually able to do without thinking about it saving pictures, deleting old music files, moving files from one folder to another, etc., my computer keeps prompting me saying I need to be an administrator to do these things. Keep in mind, it's not like any of these folders are protected or anything I don't know if they can be even, they're just normal folders I use quite often like my pictures, downloads, and music folders. I've tried fixes from another post back from 2017 and nothing worked. What can I do and what could be causing this?

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admin password?

You can reset the Admin Password using Windows XP repair; See Here for step by step.

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Unable to install the updates due to unknown admin account on Windows 10 computer

Hi,

Provide us additional information to assist you better with this issue:

• How many user accounts are there on your computer?
• Are you using Microsoft account/ local account with admin rights?
• Were you able to local the non-admin account on your computer?

If you are able to log-in to the computer, I suggest you to try the below to check the number of user accounts on your computer.

• Press Windows + R keys from the Keyboard.
  
• Type netplwiz and click on Ok.
  

Check if you have enabled the Built-in admin account on your computer. If so, try to disable and check if it helps.

Follow the steps to Disable Built-in administrator.

• Press Windows + X key together on your desktop screen.
  
• Click on Command Prompt (admin) to open Command Prompt.
  
• Type the following command and hit Enter:

• net user administrator /active: no (Check for the spaces)
  

Restart the computer and check with the status of this issue.

Reply to the post with the required information and brief description about this issue for further assistance.

Thank you.

 

running DOS as ADMIN

I suggested that in post #4 but @bromberg doesn't seem to have tried it yet...