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  1. PeterK606 Win User

    i can't access some folders on my external drive. it says i don't permission to view this...


    Hi All,

    i can't access to some folders on my external drive. it says i don't permission to view this folder.

    Can someone please help?

    :)
     
    PeterK606, Oct 2, 2019
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  2. “You don`t currently have permission to access this folder"

    Click Start > File Explorer > This PC

    Right-click on your External Drive, and choose Properties.

    Go to Security tab.

    Click Advanced, then Change Permissions.

    Highlight the user, and click Edit.

    Choose This folder, subfolders and files under Applies to:.

    Choose Full Control under Basic Permissions.

    Hit OK.

    OR

    Reset the drive permission:

    Do this from the command line:

    Open Start, type: CMD

    Right click CMD

    Click Run as administrator

    Type in at the prompt OR Copy and Paste these one at a time : (Hit enter after each)

    TAKEOWN /F D:\ /R /D Y

    Once you have taken ownership, then you have to set the permissions; for this, you use ICACLS:

    ICACLS "D:\" /reset /T

    Note: D:\ would represent the name of your drive.
     
    Andre Da Costa, Oct 2, 2019
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  3. “You don`t currently have permission to access this folder"

    I know this question has been asked many times before as I`ve read all the answers and with my very limited knowledge I cannot understand many of the procedures to resolve the problem.



    I can read all the files on the External Drive but the error message appears as soon as I click to open a folder or document.



    I had to re-install the entire contents of my old PC, it failed, to a new one and at first access to the drive was there, the next it wasn`t. All I was doing was re-installing the software I had been using on the old PC, and moving items to the drive
    now causing problems. It was still working at that point.

    I did a system restore but that achieved nothing except having to reload all my programs.



    Is there someone out there who can provide a simple step by step, without using any jargon, to help an idiot resolve this very frustrating problem.



    Any help would be very much appreciated.



    John
     
    John H 4054, Oct 2, 2019
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  4. newtekie1 Win User

    i can't access some folders on my external drive. it says i don't permission to view this...

    You don't have permissions to save in this folder

    Which folder are you trying to save to?

    If you aren't using the true administrator there will be certainly places you can't save to, or even access unless you manually change the security permissions to allow yourself access.
     
    newtekie1, Oct 2, 2019
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