Windows 10: Permission Denied on USB Flash Drives after upgrade to Windows 10

We upgraded from Windows 7 pro to Windows 10 Pro. Since the all USB Flash drives are failing with permissions denied. I've tried several things.


- I tried updating the Driver using Device Manager for all of the USB Root entries. I even removed all of the USB Root entries. All drivers now say that I am running the latest version.

- I have given all permissions to the folders/files on the flash drive to Everyone, My Account and Administrator. I was able to reformat the flash drive, but writing anything to it still doesn't work. I created a file in notepad called hi.txt and tried to save it. It fails with permission denied. However, if I look at File Explorer, it shows up with 0 bytes. Then I try to remove it and it says permission denied, but the file goes away.

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Can not save to network drive, permissions denied

Another problem out of nowhere.

A USB stick on a Linksys router used as a network drive.

Suddenly, can not save to the drive, and PC says "permission denied."

Can find no way to change permissions.

Get error message: "An error occured while applying security information - failed to enumerate objects in the container, Access is denied."

Checked online and no suggestions work.

Router firmware does not need updating.

Power cycling router makes no difference.

Switching USB ports on the router makes no difference.

USB stick has plenty of empty space.

32-bit Windows 10 version 1809, build 17763.316 3 GB RAM.

 

Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

access denied for a usb flash drive.

Hi. BryanHenson1

My name is Douglas and I am an Independent Advisor.

I would like to help you.

To help you a little more with this bug, what kind of error it shows as information since what you indicate may be that a corrupted or malicious file damages your USB flash drive.

In the same way, you can use the error checking tool, this tool integrated in the Windows system to check and correct errors of the device.

If you have access problems on your hard drive, USB, SD card or file folders, you can follow the steps below to correct the "Access Denied" error on your device now:

1. Connect an inaccessible device, such as a hard drive, an external hard drive, an SD card or USB with a PC;

2. Open this computer> Right-click on the file folder or your inaccessible device and select Properties;

3. Select Tools> Click Check> Browse drive.

If your problem is already resolved, you can access your device and directly open the unit.

Another option is to obtain permissions to Hard Disk, USB, SD Card or Inaccessible File Folders:

1. Right click on the hard drive, USB, Micro sd or file folder and select Properties;

2. Go to Security> Edit;

3. When opening a new window, click on your user name in Group or user names;

4. Check all the boxes in the Allow column and click OK, and then click Apply to obtain permissions and access your inaccessible device.

If these two quick repairs still do not help you, relax!

We offer you 2 options and you can choose one according to your own case.

1. If you have important data on this device, you can try Method 1 below to solve this problem without losing any of your data;

2. If the data is useless, try Method 2 to fix 'Access Denied' error of your storage device (such as USB, sd card, internal or external hard disk) or file folders through formatting.