Fix “You don’t currently have permission to access this folder” Windows 10, 8, 7

Fix “You don’t currently have permission to access this folder” Windows 10, 8, 7
Receiving popup error You Do Not Have Permission To Access when you try and open a folder or drive? This is related to a permissions issue and needs to be changed. You will need to be administrator to make these changes to fix you don't currently have permission to access this folder error.
Not matter how much you try to access the hard drive or folders on that computer you will get "You have been denied permission to access this folder"
This can happen on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10.
This also can happen on any computer or laptop manufacturer HP, Acer, Compaq, Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung, Dell, Asus, ROG, Alienware, Fujitsu, Sony.
You can also use this to fix Permission Network Error “Windows Cannot Access” these are all related to User Permission Error.
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[@i-heart-google7132]

Wow, Microsoft has some nerve! It's 2019 and they still use this fucked up security system...

[@PlatinumEuropeLoner]

Yea, it annoys me

[@misplacedmodifier46]

Thank you. For 2 years I've had one program that went wanky and I could only open it by using the Administrator request. I googled, spoke to the software tech people, and finally you fixed the problem

[@frontporchmedia]

I am trying to watch the video, but all I can think about is how much you sound like Korg from "Thor Ragnarok" haha. love it

[@ItzQuivvy]

Lmao he does sound like Korg😂

[@Navinraj408]

@@ItzQuivvy ydydz9yyydd3e😉

[@RhemaMusicc]

😂😂

[@samuraicupcake289]

He really does 😂

[@perryhutchlee3743]

Good video tho.

[@MrSamadolfo]

😒 God I hate that this error!?! Every once in a while I get it for no apparent reason! Im the only one using the computer and its an Admin Account so WTH!?! 😡

[@Britec09]

:)

[@MrSamadolfo]

Britec09 😄😊

[@megakarlach2]

Yeah, but expect that bulit-in Administrator account (hidden by default) can access without any error.

[@kayaozbay6978]

Windows Server 2003 FOR THE WIN I could not acces it I get an error still. The error is: Acces denied.

[@vaseline1890]

just give microsoft one trillion dollars and they will fix it

[@stonesity99]

You sweet sweet man i have been looking for this the whole day and every other video was about specific files and then after would end the video. I appreciate this thank you.

[@RhemaMusicc]

Is it still working well for you?

[@miibreathe]

Thank you an unprecedented amount! So glad that you made it so simple and quick. I had gone through my folders and cleaned them out, afterword's I went back to add new folder and I couldn't. Thank you so so much!

[@CmdrSoCal]

"you dont have permission to open this file" still get this trying to upload minidump file.

[@Lathburn]

dude you are the only one i see doing it by the local group policy and its the only thing that works without me having to edit a whole drive worth of files (which is not ideal) I need to turn this feature on and off a lot and i have been coming back to this video for years now. you are a LIFESAVER love you so much man!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AshutoshBharadwaj]

The first method worked nicely for me. I was trying to access data on my old laptop drive that I had added as an external drive. Thanks a lot & bless you!

[@meaf]

This video should be called "How to Make Your Windows 10 Computer Vulnerable to Every Imaginable Exploit"

[@Yukkinata]

THANK YOU I just bought a new SSD, installed the OS there and when I want to move my files from the old drives it just give this error whenever I tried to access my old user folder

[@DarkEtherealRhythm]

Many thanks! KZbin needs more tutorials like these; straight to the point and with clear step by step examples.

[@jonblogondrong4792]

Been through all 3 solutions and none of them had any effect

[@atomicsnowflow]

Same, did you ever figure anything out?

[@2madamimadam290]

Thank you so much! Very helpful. The first method did not work from the drive folder but the 2nd method choosing the specific folder worked well. Very clear and helpful video. Great job. Thank you very much.

[@reelo1631]

mine says an error occured whileapplying security information to C:\$Recycling.Bin Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access is denied pls help

[@TheMainshotCore]

@@exquisitetoast111 Same here...

[@sixapk9664]

Keep clicking continue, it might work if u haven't tried

[@rosecorcoran]

And not, you'll still get a bunch of error messages, but just keep clicking continue, and when you get the final message that REALLY looks like it failed, restart the computer.

[@xvwrntrlr623]

keep clicking continue it worked for me

[@JoshuaTanzil]

same

[@ElectromagneDikk]

That was really good and thorough the only one that I didn't know about was the permission is being enabled in the local group editor. Badass video dude thank you

[@Marc28shooter]

THANKS A THOUSAND TIMES !!!! You just saved a month of suffering !!

[@jandrex007]

lol

[@mikerichardson2541]

Thanks so much. I had a corrupt Win7 1TB HDD that would not repair. Tried accessing from ant other PC to get my data back. Access Denied. Following this video, creating the Everyone access worked for the whole drive, but the route Windows folders. About 450 of them that you had to click Continue to accept that you couldnt change their permissions. Clicked through that lot, came out the other side and now have access to all my files. Thanks so much!!!

[@takshashila2995]

When I click apply at 2:07 it says that "An error occurred while applying security information to: Filename and Location Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access is denied." The file is Avast.

[@heinousprophecy]

Same here

[@sitiaisyahritonga866]

How to resolve it:(?

[@Tony07_]

Same tell me pliz how to make it work

[@smallninja533]

same 3 years later did you solve it

[@watercolourbynumbers]

Can now access my files from an older laptop, you're a star. Thank you.

[@conlywatson4992]

When I tried adding everyone/myself in the security tab, I clicked continue on all the arrows, but then it said error could not complete. Any ideas on where I can go from here?

[@MrSlowjum]

I’ve held onto a hdd since 2005 and tonight finally tried to access it. Didn’t even have to watch the whole video but let it play anyways cause you are the best!!

[@BT843]

I am missing the Security tab on my new SSD. How do I get that back?

[@shieldq8758]

Did you find a way?

[@hichamhadj9640]

Maybe it's because it's not formatted ntfs

[@PaulShare1]

This helped me finally access the folder on the network, well done. I have Win 10 v1803 running on two computers - and even though using windows settings to do all the right things, it fails. So I have had to go behind the scenes as it were firstly to see the folder ( a vid elsewhere), and then using your video to change the level of access, even though using windows controls I set everything up for file sharing. One wonders how microsoft get away with it, promising you if you do this then that will happen and it simply does not. We all are left relying on videos like yours to perform the tasks Microsoft say we can do using their interfaces.

[@2stepmediaofficial]

mine says an error occurred while applying security information to C:\boot Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access is denied

[@benieloyiteriteka3136]

Mine too do you have a solution

[@blazinhot6917]

I recieved the "Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access is denied" message from the Windows User folder on a drive I pulled from a dead laptop. The security options just went in to a loop trying to change files, and it didnt work. Others below have commented about that as well. In properties, I went into the Sharing tab and just shared the folder to everyone. And it opened right away, ez pz.

[@fanaticgold]

@@blazinhot6917 It worked, thanks.

[@Happy_H0ur]

I just went through all kinds of BS from other users and using commands to try to fix it or override and take controls again. NOTHING! This was so easy, and I'm so glad that I was already on the right track on my own, but was just missing one element. I only needed 1 minute and 48 seconds of this video to completely fix my problem. Perfect video!

[@joefabbs]

Wow! Great step by step instructions! So easy to follow! Tried others that confused me! THANK YOU!

[@andrearoy8458]

I'm transferring files from an old hard drive. I followed these steps and was able to locate and transfer files. However, the folders unlock, even sub-folders, but the individual files don't unlock. I can do each one individually but that's not a realistic solution. Any ideas?

[@ultimateossas]

same problem here

[@Drakonus_]

It doesn't show the security tab, how do I fix this?

[@AliMohammed-yp9ie]

I don’t either

[@esence_of_adream5845]

i want to cry i have had this problome for so long and your the only one who help thank you so much i love u

[@redbrown134]

Thank you so soooo much! Beyond helpful and very clear, slow and easy to follow your instructions.

[@spearton-1912]

The first couple solutions did not work, but the solution in the second half of the video did. Thank you so much!

[@harshivgupta2393]

After i clicked on continue a few times it showed that acces is denied

[@sadlife8495]

same

[@SpaceRanger21]

Same here...

[@hill16upthedubs]

i watched some other video wasted 5mins of my time, 2mins into this video and it did the trick. thanks pal.

[@johnturner7322]

Thanks , great video, I am not sure I understood the purpose of the group policies edit? Exactly what does the step to change from enabled to disabled do?

[@Britec09]

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/user-account-control-admin-approval-mode-for-the-built-in-administrator-account

[@johnturner7322]

Thanks, the linked explanation is a bit techy, but I will look into this on my PC as only the wife and myself use the PC, so I would not have the control concerns as others may have.

[@MrSamadolfo]

😒 The Group Policy window is very useful! If ur Windows version doesnt have it then u need to get rid of that garbage version and upgrade to a better and complete Windows version like Pro, Ultimate, Enterprise. Anyways it doesnt always work to fix a problem but its def worth a try. After that u have to be careful and go into the Registry Editor. After that ur probably SOL, so just go ahead and backup everything on ur hard drive and do a fresh reinstall! 😱😊 After ur finished with the reinstall then Clone the hard drive with Acronis so u have a spare clean hard drive ready to go when it happens again because it will happen again because its 'Windows' !!! 😉😄😊

[@mikestevenson2195]

It worked! First 2 didn’t work for me, but the third was the charm! Thank you!

[@tkukich]

Nicely done, thank you. Clear, concise and easy to understand and follow. Cheers!

[@10001110101jonni]

Thank you so much! Spent hours trawling through forums and messing about with command prompt, all completely unnecessary as i fixed the issue within 2 minutes of starting your video

[@LeitrabiParody]

Thank you so much. U r a lifesaver.

[@patt1396]

Thank you so much for this. Was desperately trying to access data from a hard drive I removed and couldn't get at the user files! This did it - took a couple of tries - ended up having to change permissions on the drive, not the folders, but THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!

[@Altiar253]

why does this even happen when i've accessed the file before

[@Linda-pl3ty]

Thank you for your help on how to allow myself to uninstall antivirus as I was not able to change Administrator changes. I will try this process and fingers crossed that it worked :)

[@dudewtf344]

Help me it says unable to save permission changes on Windows (C:) Access is denied what should i do????

[@cassandramostad2072]

Mine did the same

[@Madhava1977]

Thanks it worked. After trying everything, could no longer get Windows to boot. Was able to recover my files from the drive before reinstalling Windows.

[@hyperr6642]

I dont see "security" when I go to properties

[@svenskgangmiljo2168]

Can be a tab under properties or advandced.

[@stevehtml5490]

THANK GOD !!!!! Soooo flipn' sick of computer telling me "You can't .... " , Thank You !

[@mdavidf]

Life saver! Well...laptop saving...I was about to smash it against the floor - brand new laptop and was having issues accessing some areas and running other things. Thank you!

[@syntatic5930]

Lol

[@premjitsethi2768]

Your fix saved my life. My HDD got fucked yesterday (28th June 2020) and I have a research paper submission on 10th July 2020. I worked on it for 3 months. I was able to access my HDD through a case but the desktop wouldn't open, Your solution fixed it. Thanks a ton!!!

[@Jacob-dv3ez]

it says unable to save permission changes on Windows (C:) Access is denied what should i do

[@dudewtf344]

same here .... fuck this shit!

[@node3276]

the user your trying to use doesnt have admin rights

[@bigdaddy2114]

Go to your microsoft account and click on the verify button, it should give you access

[@oussamatouhtouh7269]

You can Clic Right on Hard Drive/Folder -> Security -> Advanced -> The "Owner" Tab -> Edit -> Then Select Your Current logged user -> Then Aplly changes, Close All The Opened Tabs, Then Try to open it again. if it works for you hit like

[@IAmRayAnthony]

OMG THANK YOU SIR! That last method in the gpedit was the miracle fix for me. You saved me lol. Excellent video and very clearly explained. Salute!

[@tttpppbbbaaa]

Thank you i adding everyone allowed me to access all the files from old hdd

[@johnjohn8410]

Bravo good sir!! Concise and straight to the point with no fluff. Much appreciated!

[@rtsdrums]

Thank you, you helped me bring back a lot of great memories!

[@SeanSmith88]

The Group Policy work like a bomb. I am a IT Specialist never have qualifications but knowledge is power so i learn alot every day. I dont have money to get qualifications but this saved alot. I got a SSD Drive for a client and putted the old 500GB into a external HDD. For years i was wondering how can i bypass the permission issue when opening up user profile folder from old HDD so i can copy files easily over. This was fantastic! I know Pro only have GP. Will try the first method when i have similar situation but a Home Edition.When everything is done copied i revert the GP back where it was

[@xTrixu]

I love you and i hope you succeed with everything in life

[@Grimr33fer]

Bro I've been trying to figure this issue out for like 3 weeks and you helped me out also saved me a trip to the computer shop thanks :)

[@barsoomhelium9776]

me like 3 years arghhhh THANK YOU!

[@AlternativeLine]

i keep continueing it doesnt go away same message, i fking hate windows 10

[@michaelmack4378]

This issue has dogged me for months -- thanks a million for the elegant solutions -- problem solved!!!

[@fahadqassim]

This was helpful really, i thought i had lost my files....

[@Gary28840]

Same

[@mythosphoenix9248]

Thank you! The laptop updated and I would have made a 4 hour trip for nothing. This saved me.

[@wolfpredator5226]

U have no idea how much this helped. Couldn't watch my own series and I was so upset. Thanks so much!!

[@nilho100]

Thank you very much Brian, as usual, great video. You can not imagine what you helped me with all your videos.

[@lookinlucky7005]

I swear i had this problem for like 3 or 2 months and i was pissed cause i couldn't do much on my PC. Then i watched this and it really worked so thank you very much

[@ronokim2347]

Your tutorial is a lecturer. All my problems are solved, especially with the last stage of the guide. Like you said, let me assure, you my problem is resolved.

[@First1000Hours]

Thank you sooo much! I didn't even have to go through this whole video to be able to get access to my folder which contains my computer files. Thanks again!!!

[@Britec09]

Thanks for the donation 👍

[@First1000Hours]

@Britec09 you're welcome! Your video was VERY helpful.

[@sbutler860]

Hi there I have Windows® 10 Home Edition. Let's just get THAT out of the way. I had to download the Group Policy Editor and install it. It can be done. Once I had done that, and followed the instructions as instructed in this video, my error disappeared and it worked like a charm. Thank you so much. x

[@raiyankazmi2945]

Thank you so much! I went through countless videos and could not find anything. I watched your video and it worked!

[@champton3217]

Thanks a lot man. Because of how Microsoft decided to arbitrarily take away Homegroup functionality, I basically had to relearn how to manually set up my network and didn't want to disable UAC because that would've opened myself up to all kinds of problems. This was the last piece of the puzzle for me. I couldn't figure out why I was getting this message despite the fact that I had permissions set up on the share itself and on the drive. It never occurred to me that you had to manually add the "Everyone" group to the list of allowed users. Man, I used to know this stuff before I found out about Homegrouping. I guess it has made me lazy, LOL!

[@anamachado5567]

Thank you so very much, so appreciative. This helped me to get rid of System Mechanic files that just didn't want to go away and kept getting pop-ups for their product renewals etc. Thanks again.

[@oklahomaman2000]

Bro you have no idea I’ve been struggling with this for the last three weeks and you have helped me a lot thank you so much the computer place couldn’t even figure out what was going on until I seen your video thank you so much

[@BelleGoddess81]

Cheers for the fix, thinking it was complex but pretty easy as I have having trouble deleting files and folders, now after this fix it works :)

[@bocadye4741]

dude.thank you. havent been able to play a few games i bought for months.youre a lifesaver

[@Menarelikewine]

Yes finally I did it, thanks to you. My freaking hero. I lost some very important information when my computer went down. Now I recovered it all. 😀😀😀

[@cody0006]

Finally a tutorial that actually explains this jesus christ thank you ive been in a echo chamber of insanity for days trying to figure this stupid shit out

[@jimpickett4430]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I've been trying to find this information for better than a week. Some videos had part of the solution and some had other. Yours, however, checked ALL the boxes for me. If I could I'd give you 5 stars, or however many stars it takes to show the BEST. In fact, I'd give you all the stars I've been seeing in my head while trying to reach a solution to what you provided. Thanks again.

[@theadmin1982]

Thank you, I tried changing all sorts of permission, nothing worked until I watched your video.

[@h1dden12]

Idk what my problem was because I could not do the things before 5:32 but i did what you did after 5:32 and everything works now. You saved my ass. Thanks a lot!

[@shotarcherz1690]

Thank you so much, I think the internet settings, and the last 2 steps really helped me, but I did all the steps, make sure to restart your computer guys :)

[@patrickbourne3819]

Thankyou! I was having a problem where Photoshop wasn't using my D drives scratch disk making it unusable and this sorted that right out!

[@SirPrancelot1]

Brilliant thanks. Had a hard drive from a dead laptop with corrupted OS. Got a cable to use it as an external drive, plugged it into a working laptop but no go until I found this video. Data saved. But does this mean that if someone steals a laptop, but can't access files as they don't have the password, they can simple remove the hard drive, plug it into their own computer and access them there?

[@enlightenmind2145]

I have by mistake removed all the options in security option like administrator, local user, group user etc while trying to fix the problem of using my E HDD. Only special permission was left for everyone. Now E HDD is not opening and want admin permission. Even after using administrator access is denied. How to solve the issue please help....

[@reapcreeps4624]

An issue I had was having the file directory named "Program Files" on my second hard drive which seems to be flagged by windows by default. Renaming it or moving the files to a different directory fixed it for me.

[@imoh5202]

Thank you so much. What a life saver. Thank God my system restore didn't work. I was already thinking of refreshing my PC. Knowledge is truly Power.

[@uriel-heavensguardian8949]

Thanks for sharing!!!! Helped me out a bunch!!

[@Fraser.02]

Thank you so much man! Last step worked for me. I've had this trouble for days now. Subbed!

[@markanthony228]

Been stuck in this problem for almost 3 weeks. Thank you so much for the big help.

[@JasonScott1991]

Great job, this worked flawlessly for me and my issue deleting a file within a folder which wasn't allowing me to do it prior. Thanks!

[@saidrahal]

Dude thanks! this has been the best explanaiton on how override the silly complicated user permissions in windows! Thanks so much!

[@journeyon1983]

This is good stuff to know. I've run into this problem from time-to-time and after watching your video, I now know how to get around that. Thanks Britec ;-)

[@Britec09]

You're welcome.

[@vslingam000]

Thank you very much for your suggestion. Your video explains the steps clearly. I followed them and it worked. Subscribed to your channel.

[@spraywarrior]

Thanks man .. i wonder if there are no people like you then what would have happened to us.

[@1shARyn3]

Where you NEED to show this (cuz it happens TOO frequently) is in Linux, where it demands that you are the root owner

[@MrSamadolfo]

Gwen Walcott 🙂 yeah its much more worse when it happens in Linux! Its dangerous trying to fix it too because u mite make it worse! 😱 And u thought windows was bad 😉

[@somethingoriginal4947]

So, for anyone that is having issues with this problem, and the video did not help. I found that, depending on the file, you may have to go into the file and delete its contents first.

[@musicallinda21]

I did great till i got to 2:46, there is an error popping up after i finish clicking continue that says: Unable to save permission changes on Windows (C:). Access is denied. What should I do? Might it potentially have to do with my one drive not being active anymore? Now it wont let me open photos on my desktop? Thank you for anyone's polite insights♥

[@cskillers1]

you fixed pretty much everything for me, except just very old installers which trying to be started from daemon tools/ultra iso virtual drive, these ones still do not start (but they do through built-in hidden administrator account) , if that's the only issue though - i'm fine with that, as long as that 7zip is fixed

[@jonathant.powell7281]

Your awesome! This permission error has been bugging me since W7HE. Thanks a bunch!

[@n1gh1f1re]

oh my gosh you dont knw how you helped me BRO. im a new programmer and i was working on a project for a long long time and when the hard drive broke i thought i lost it bc i tryed to get in for a long time. i was about to trow it away but i thought lets try again and Boom. thank you so much

[@lacowie]

last part of video worked for me - editing group policy. YAY! thank you man

[@dzenhalissam1821]

I did all the steps Sir, but it says "Access Denied"

[@scrilluchiano4789]

Same here “an error occurred while applying security information”

[@stix624]

Thank you for this video it has been very useful. Having changed the permissions for the user should they be reverted back to the original settings to enhance security?