My wife's laptop died. It was running Windows 10. I'm working on replacing it with the same model of laptop so I can try just installing her hard drive in it.
In the meantime, my son needs access to files he created under her account. He created them under her \Users\(username)\Documents folder.
I put her hard drive in an external hard drive enclosure, and attached it to my laptop via USB. I can see the files on her hard drive fine. But when I double-click on her \Users\(username) folder, I get the message:
"You don't currently have permission to access this folder. Click Continue to permanently get access to this folder."
I clicked Continue, and it churned for a while, but still refused access.
I have an account on my laptop for my wife. It has exactly the same username and password. I tried logging into that account, but still got the same error trying to access that folder.
I went into my laptop's BIOS and configured it to boot to my wife's hard drive on USB. It tried, but went into sad face blue screen and restarted. It attempted a repair but still went into sad face blue screen and rebooted, repeatedly.
Since I know the username and password of the account with rights to that folder, it seems to me there should be some way I can get access. Any suggestions?