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Windows 10. Lost access to my files as administrator
I am the administrator and I can no longer access my files in d drive. I can not change the access permissions back either even if running Explorer.exe as administrator.
I was trying to create a ...
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Why am I getting an “Access Denied” error for an external hard drive folder?
I know this question has been asked before, but I've tried multiple solutions and none worked.
I am trying to access a folder [Local Disk] on my external hard drive, but it says Access Denied.
I made ...
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Cannot delete a file on Windows 10. I am the administrator. Tried to follow many tutorials, but anything work
I installed a game into my computer. Tried to uninstall but it didnt worked. So I started manually deleting its files. I have deleted all but one file, that does not allow me to delete it.
This is ...
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How to actually restore stock Windows file permissions?
I recently suffered from some kind of MFT corruption that caused all permissions on my entire installation to be wiped. This made the disk "unaccessable" from another Windows installation ...
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How do I remove permissions for my standard user for some directories on Windows 10 Home?
I have 2 users on my laptop login - "userA" "userB"
userA is an admin user
userB is a standard user
I don't want userB to have access (not even read access) to C:\users\userA
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Administrator account that can not take ownership
I want to use 3 accounts:
normal user,
restricted administrator for installing things and
a full administrator.
This way installers which require admin rights still can't take ownership and read ...
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Lost file permissions after a couple hours in Windows
I have a user, using Windows 10, signed in on their Microsoft Account.
They have no problems when the machine has first started, but after a couple hours they get a permission error accessing .jpg's. ...
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Only allow Read file permissions for Default Users group while not overriding the Read & Execute permissions for default Administrators group
I'm trying to prevent standard users from being able to execute a specific .exe file while still allowing administrators to execute it.
If I edit the file's security settings to Deny Read & ...
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Windows 10 Photos app: how to fix "It looks like you don't have permission to save changes to this file"?
I created a video (.avi file) using CamStudio and saved it. Now I am trying to trim the video using Windows 10 Photos app. After I clicked "Save a copy" it says: "It looks like you don'...
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How to restore the local drive "C:\" to it's default permissions?
I changed my permissions on local drive c:\ and now many applications/system things not working properly. i was wondering how can I restore How to restore the local drive "C:" to it's ...
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"You […] need to provide administrator permission" - how to fix
When I try to rename (or move) a folder, I get Folder Access Denied,
and
You'll need to provide administrator permission to rename this
folder.
There are three options: Continue, Skip, or Cancel.
See ...
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Urgent: Cannot run any program as administrator, gives file system error (-1073740791) on Windows 10
So a program I was running just crashed because it was out of memory, and I was like, that's weird, because the only other programs I have running is task manager and chrome. So I open resource ...
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Win10 Command Prompt + Batch Files - Permissions Manipulation with takeown and icacls. Need guidance
I am trying to build an assortment of batch files that control permissions on files and folders via right click context menu. I know there are existing solutions out there but I am trying to code it ...
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Windows permission: Unable to create file despite having permission
I have a directory that have the same NTFS permission as another. But I cannot create any file in it while I can in the other one. However, anything else seems to be normal, I can modify existing ...
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How Do I Gain System Permissions/Privileges On Windows 10 (Without Downloading Any Software)
I'm doing deep modifications and experiments on a fresh install of Windows, but I cannot continue because I do not have SYSTEM permissions. I know SYSTEM privileges are incredibly powerful and ...
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