Windows 10: “You do not have permission to access this folder” and no security tab

Hello, I made a copy of my F drive and accidentally kept both the old one and the copy when I wiped my PC. Now I don’t have access to that drive on my local administrator account, I’ve looked in properties to go that route based one everything I’m finding online however there is no security tab in the properties. I’ve ended up enabling the built in administrator account and it COULD access the F drive however, I’m not entirely sure what happened as the built in administrator account is asking for a password that was never set up.

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Windows reports "You don't currently have permission to access this folder".

Hello,



Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft community. I understand the inconvenience caused to you. Let me help you.

• 
  Does this happen only with a specific folder/file location?
  

This problem results when an administrator, the owner of the file or folder, or a user with the Change Permissions permission for a file or Full Control permission for a folder, changes the access control list (ACL) on the file or folder. Some of the
changes that could deny a user access to a file or folder they should be able to access include:

• The user or group was unintentionally removed from Group or User names on the file's or folder's Security tab.





• An explicit Deny has mistakenly been applied to the user or group.





• A conflict between share permissions and NTFS permissions was created when someone changes permissions without examining both types of permissions.



Method 1:

Let’s give permission to the folder and check if that helps. Follow these steps to give permissions to the drive.

a) Right-click on the folder which you’re unable to access and select Properties.

b) Click on ‘Security’ tab and under ‘Group or user names’ click on ‘Edit’.

c) Click on ‘Add’ and type ‘everyone’.

d) Click on ‘Check names’ and then click ‘OK’.

e) Select ‘everyone’ and under ‘Allow’ select
‘Full control’ and click on ‘Apply’ and Click ‘Ok’.





Method 2:

I would suggest you to try the steps in the article and check if it helps.

"Access Denied" or other errors when accessing or working with files and folders in Windows

"Access Denied" or other errors when you access or work with files and folders in Windows - Microsoft Support

(Try the steps for Windows 8 as it is applicable to Windows 10 as well.)



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

 

''you dont currently have permission to access this folder''

Hi Michael,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Step 1: Enable Security Tab

1. Press Windows key and R key. Type in
   Control.
   
2. From Control Panel > Folder options > View Tab
   
3. Uncheck “Use simple file sharing” and the security tab will be enabled.
   

Step 2: Provide permission to access the Folder

1. Right-click on the folder which you’re unable to access and select
   Properties.
   
2. Click on ‘Security’ tab and under ‘Group or user names’ click on ‘Edit’.
   
3. Click on ‘Add’ and type ‘everyone’.
   
4. Click on ‘Check names’ and then click ‘OK’.
   
5. Select ‘everyone’ and under ‘Allow’ select ‘Full control’ and click on ‘Apply’ and Click ‘Ok’ and check the status of the issue.
   

Hope it helps.

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

Took control of a folder in Vista and now I can't access them in XP

Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
In the Name list, click your user name, or click Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you want to take ownership of the contents of the folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?
All permissions will be replaced if you click Yes.

Note folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.
Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.