Windows 10: Receiving cannot access file errors even though the file is present

Discus and support Receiving cannot access file errors even though the file is present in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; This question concerns 64-bit Windows 10 system version 2004; OS Build 19041.685. I am struggling to figure out what could be causing the following... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Lewis-5, Dec 14, 2020.

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    Lewis-5 Win User

    Receiving cannot access file errors even though the file is present


    This question concerns 64-bit Windows 10 system version 2004; OS Build 19041.685.


    I am struggling to figure out what could be causing the following error for both operating system and application files:


    Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.


    This above error appears in a modal dialog.


    This error is produced, for example, when attempting to run Task Manager from the task bar, or when double-clicking on it in Explorer, which gets to the heart of the mystery: since I'm double-clicking on the file in Explorer, it is obviously there. Additionally, this error is regularly produced for applications located in the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps directory.


    I checked the effective access controls for C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe and the user I am running as has read and execute privileges.


    I don't regularly use the machine this error is occurring on, so I don't know exactly when the error started, but I don't see any obvious examples of installed updates that could be the cause of the error.


    I successfully executed

    • dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth;
    • dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth; and
    • sfc /scannow

    without error.


    After the problem persisted after executing the above programs, I executed chkdsk /r, which found no filesystem or disk errors.

    The final, potentially unrelated, piece of the puzzle is that when I attempted to logon using another account with administrator access, I discovered that I was unable to logon due to an error from OOBESETUP that prevents the graphical logon process from completing I am able to logon as that user in safe mode or by restarting in command prompt mode.

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