Windows 10: Take Ownership, now can't see all folders.

Discus and support Take Ownership, now can't see all folders. in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I recently added a new hard drive (no problems with that one) but when I moved the order of hard drives around, I got an "Access is denied" message... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Sunshy, Oct 8, 2016.

  1. SUNSHY
    Sunshy Win User

    Take Ownership, now can't see all folders.


    I recently added a new hard drive (no problems with that one) but when I moved the order of hard drives around, I got an "Access is denied" message when I tried to open another hard drive. I tried the method of changing the security settings as in this video:

    How to fix Access is denied Hard Drive not accessible on Windows 10 - YouTube

    Clicked Apply and the hard drive was scanned. But only a couple of folders are now visible. Any ideas on how I can either reset whatever happened? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

    :)
     
    Sunshy, Oct 8, 2016
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  2. EDHANS
    EdHans Win User

    problem with update to zune and update to windows phone

    Launch an administrative session of Windows Explorer. To do this click Start, type explorer, right-click on Windows Explorer and select Run as Administrator. Answer YES to the UAC prompt.

    Now try to delete the folder.

    If it won't let you, you need to take ownership of the folder, then delete it. See this

    article on taking ownership    .
     
    EdHans, Oct 8, 2016
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  3. KAPIL ARYA MVP
    Kapil Arya MVP Win User
    Kapil Arya MVP, Oct 8, 2016
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  4. SUNSHY
    Sunshy Win User

    Take Ownership, now can't see all folders.

    Whelp...I ended up using File Scavenger to recover all my files. Worked well, but pretty stressful.
     
    Sunshy, Oct 10, 2016
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