Windows 10: how to permanently gain access to all user folders

i just upgraded my pc to run on an ssd and im working from a clean install of windows

but i still want to copy all my documents and shit from the old drive onto this one

and every time i want to access my old user folder i apparently dont have access

but i oh so conveniently have the ability to "permanently" give myself access which means i have to sit around for 2 hours doing precisely fuckall while i wait for it to crawl through and grant access to every individual goddamn file in my users folder

which amounts to a few hundred gigs and its basically kind of a huge pain in the ass

once ive done it it usually lasts for a while but then at some point i try to access it again and it decides i have to do the whole thing over again

it would be really nice if there was a way i could like

just ACTUALLY permanently have access to that folder without it randomly deciding every once in a while that a couple hours of my valuable time are now forfeit to the dark uac gods

if anyone could give me a hand here itd be mucho appreciated

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How to gain access to the WindowsApps folder?


To gain write access you need to do two things:

1. Change ownership (it should be "TrustedInstaller") to an admin account
2. Grant that account write access

I'm not sure if it works with every admin account or if you need the "real" admin account which is hidden. It can be revealed by entering the following command in elevated cmd: net user Administrator /active:yes (or active:no do hide it again).

 

Error Access Denied while acessing the folders from User> AppData folders on Windows 10

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing with access files and folders.

Do let us know the complete error code/ error message of this issue?

As you have tried with providing the permissions to each folder and issue persists after the restart, try the below and check if it helps.

Step 1: Try to disable the third party anti-virus software if installed any and check.

Step 2: As, as a work around, I suggest you to enable the built-in administrator account and check if this issue persists.

Steps to enable 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: yes (Check for the spaces)

　　　4. Now log off from the current user and try to login to the administrator account that is enabled.　　

Note: Please follow the same steps and type net user administrator /active: no to disable admin account after the troubleshooting is done.　

Step 3: I suggest you to refer to the below Microsoft article with 3-diffrent issues related to accessing the files and folders and check if it helps.

"Access Denied" or other errors when you access or work with files and folders in Windows

(Applies to Windows 10 as well)

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue to assist you further.

 

Folder Access

Sorry if this post is long-winded, it's difficult to explain briefly.
We have some old software written in vb6. It creates a folder under the user's Documents folder (by default) and copies files into it from an install folder (it's done like that so the user can locate the target folder anywhere, so it's not necessarily below Documents). In a noticeable number of cases access to this target folder is failing saying the user doesn't have access, it's our strong belief that this is the virus checker blocking the app. In many cases the users are elderly people who have no clue how to configure things so that the app can gain access and have no desire to learn.

I'm looking for suggestions how to avoid this. Any of the following would be useful: a way to gain access, a location that the user would always have access to, a way to register the app with any virus checker, anything else!