Windows 10: Windows 10: Programs unable to read or write files on my computer's C drive

About 3 weeks ago programs began failing to read or write files on my computer's C drive. The first thing I noticed was that programs were unable to write files to the desktop. Then sometime later I noticed that programs were unable to read files from their own program files directory.


After doing some research and trying a few solutions nothing I've found so far has worked. These failed solutions have included:

-changing C drive ownership

-setting C drive folders to not be read only

-starting programs as administrator

-changing my own user permissions on my computer


Some additional information: I am the only user and the administrator of this system, and I have run a virus scan to rule out the idea of a virus causing this problem.


If you need any additional information or can suggest any advice please let me know.

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Unable to access (read and write) USB flash drive in Windows 10

Hello,

Thank you for your response. I already looked into one of your suggestions before posting here. I am the owner of the folder and its sub folders etc. When I changed it to everyone, nothing was changed. File explorer is still giving me an access denied error
whenever I do anything with the folder.

For one of the flash drives that I have, I was able to use it to an older version of windows which is windows 7, but when I try to open it here. It does not work at all (can't open, read, and write). But in that workstation (with windows 7 installed), there
was no problem reading and/or writing a file.

I think it has something to do with windows 10. But not quite sure where can I do changes and how to fix this. Or it is possible that you're right that the permission settings can change when used from another computer but why does it still not work even
when I format it in a windows 10 pc.

Is there a specific Disk Management\Partition program that you can suggest for formatting a flash drive?

Thanks for your help! I appreciate your time responding!

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Slow HDD read and write speeds

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

We will require a few more information from you to help you further with the issue. Please reply with the following details:

• In which device are you facing this issue?
  
• Are you using an external HDD or internal HDD?
  
• Are you getting the read and write speed issue on any particular application?
  

However, you can Disk Defragment on your computer to optimize the drive. To run Disk Defragment please follow the steps from the article

Defragment your Windows 10 PC.

Alternatively, you can check for the read and write speed of the HDD in task manager. Please follow the steps mentioned below to check the read and write speed of the hard drive:

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc key together on the keyboard.
   
2. Click on Performance tab.
   
3. Click on Disk 0.
   
4. You will find the Read speed and
   Write speed at the bottom of the window.
   

Hope it helps.

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator