Windows 10: Permissions to open a particular folder

I have a Dell Windows 11 laptop. I placed a folder on the C drive approximately 2 years ago and did not have any trouble accessing it until a short time ago.The laptop is divided into 2 users. My girlfriend's login and myself as Administrator. When I double click the folder a message pops up that I do not have the permissions to open it. I have tried Powershell commands, Safe mode, to no avail. Also, right clicking on the folder and trying to set my permissions on the Security tab of Permissions It says I do not have permission to do that. I also disabled the Virus protection/Folder Con

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Folder won't open due to permission issue

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft community. I understand your concern. Let me help you.

I suggest you to sign out from the current account, restart the computer and log in with Administrators account and

check if it helps to resolve the issue.

I suggest you to refer to the steps below and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

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  Press and hold or right-click the file or folder, and then click
  Properties.
  
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  Tap or click the Security tab.
  
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  Under Group or user names, tap or click your name to see the permissions that you have.
  
  To open a file, you have to have the Read permission. To change the permissions of a file or folder, follow these steps.
  
  Important you must be logged on as an administrator to change permissions on files and folders.
  

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  Press and hold or right-click the file or folder, and then tap or click
  Properties.
  
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  Tap or click the Security tab.
  
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  Under Group or user names, tap or click your name to see the permissions that you have.
  
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  Tap or click Edit, tap or click your name, select the check boxes for the permissions that you must have, and then click
  OK.
  

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us with more information and we’d be happy to help.

 

Assign Permissions for particular application

Hello Donna,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Suggest you to try the below mentioned troubleshooting steps and check if they help.

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  Go to the folder where that application or program files are located or installed. (I.e. C:\Program Files or
  Program Files(x86)\...).
  Say for example if I want to give full permission to the Internet explorer, then the navigation path will be
  C:\Program Files, there i want to right-click on the Internet Explorer folder
  to go into properties.
  
• 
  Accordingly Right-clicking
  on the particular application folder and select
  Properties from context menu.
  
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  Go to the Security tab and click
  Advanced.
  
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  Now click Change permissions. If it is not there, just continue with next step.
  
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  Click Add, then click
  Select a principal under Permission Entry Folder window. This will brings up
  Select User or Group window.
  
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  There enter the name of the User Profile under
  Enter the object name to select, for which you require or assign permission. Next click
  Check Names. Once name appears in the field, click OK.
  
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  Check all boxes under
  Basic permission:, also select the check box Only apply these permissions to objects and/or containers within this container, then click
  OK
  
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  Click Apply
  &OK & OK.
  

Now check if they able to run the program without any issues.

Keep us posted if you require further assistance.

 

No permissions

Hi,

I would suggest you to right click on the user's folder for your profile and check if the permissions shows as "read only'. If this is the case, it might be causing the issue. In this case, I would suggest you to go to C:\User folder, right click on the
folder with your username and follow these steps:

• Open the properties of the main user profile folder where the files are located (such as Documents, Pictures, etc).
  
• Go to the Security tab and click Advanced.
• Check the box at the bottom of this window. It is labeled "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object" and then click Ok.
  

This does a one-time action that replaces the security on all the files/subfolders. It’s one-time, so you won’t find that box checked if you peek at it later. Try these steps and let us know the results for further assistance.