Windows 10: No administrator permissions - Applies to *all* external drives

Hello!Running Windows 10, I've recently started having an issue where I don't seem to have any administrator rights over USB drives.- I Initially formatted a drive through command prompt. Later realized this happens to all types of external drives tried with USB drives, SD card adapter, and on all my USB ports.- The actions that are not allowed are all actions related to modifying the drive's content- I can copy files out of it, but I can't delete anything or copy new files on the drive.- I am of course running Windows as administrator.I assume this might be related to USB ports but I have n

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no administrator permission

Hi Ryan,

Let us assist you to have an Administrator permission. To start, follow the steps below to enable the Windows Super Administrator Account.

• Type CMD on the search box.
• CMD will appear at top.
• Right click on it, then choose Run as administrator.
• Type this command & hit Enter: Net user administrator /active:yes.
• After you enable the Super Administrator account, log out on your existing account then log into Super Administrator account.
• On the Super Administrator account, you can now create an Administrator account or give Administrator permission on the existing account.

After you created an Administrator account, we suggest that you disable the Super Administrator account by following the same steps and using this command:
Net user administrator /active:no.

Let us know how it goes.

 

unable to rename external hard drive

Hi,

I suggest you to ensure you are logged into an Administrator user account and check if you still find the issue. Generally the error message is related to permissions. If you do not have sufficient permissions to view the file/folder/drive you
get this error message. I suggest you to try to take the ownership of the external drive and check if it helps.

• • • • 
        Press Windows key + X and click on Command Prompt
        (Admin).
        
      • 
        Type in the command takeown /f <drive_name> \ /R /D Y
        
      • 
        You can replace the < drive_name(F)>
        with the target drive name.
        

Refer, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2623670(Applies to Windows
10)

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

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