Destination Folder Access Denied: You need permission to perform this action | Never goes away

Hi, I am Dhanam, Independent Advisor here to work with you on this issue.

I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

1. 1. Right-click an affected folder.

2. Click Properties.
3. Click the Security tab
4. Click the "Advanced" button.
5. Click "Change" next to Owner.
6. Type your username, click the "Check Names" button, then click OK.
7. Check "Replace owner on sub containers and objects" under the owner's name.
8. Click OK again. If you get a message saying "Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you full control?", click "Yes" and you're done.
9. Click the "Edit" button.
10. Click on your username from the list.
11. Check "Full control" underneath it.
12. Click OK.
13. Click OK again.

2. Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files using this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-t...

This is a public user-to-user support forum. I'm a user like you helping other users. I do not work for Microsoft and cannot access any user accounts.

I hope this can help you. If this still can't solve your problem, just let me know and I'll do my best to try to help you.

Regards,

Dhanam,

Independent Advisor.

Hi, I am Dhanam, Independent Advisor here to work with you on this issue.

I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

1. 1. Right-click an affected folder.

2. Click Properties.
3. Click the Security tab
4. Click the "Advanced" button.
5. Click "Change" next to Owner.
6. Type your username, click the "Check Names" button, then click OK.
7. Check "Replace owner on sub containers and objects" under the owner's name.
8. Click OK again. If you get a message saying "Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you full control?", click "Yes" and you're done.
9. Click the "Edit" button.
10. Click on your username from the list.
11. Check "Full control" underneath it.
12. Click OK.
13. Click OK again.

2. Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files using this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-t...

This is a public user-to-user support forum. I'm a user like you helping other users. I do not work for Microsoft and cannot access any user accounts.

I hope this can help you. If this still can't solve your problem, just let me know and I'll do my best to try to help you.

Regards,
Dhanam,
Independent Advisor.

Hi, Dhanam.

I have already tried both of those, both to no avail.

Ron

I am trying to copy a folder into another folder in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps, I know the risks involved with doing this and I am sure I want to continue. However, no matter what I do, this "Destination Folder Access Denied" error never goes away. I have given myself ownership of the folder in WindowsApps and set "everyone" permissions to full control. I have also turned off read-only. No matter what I do, this error keeps popping up.

How do I allow myself to copy something into a sub-folder of WindowsApps?

The permissions on that folder are much stricter than the parent "Program Files" folder. It's done that way so that Store apps are better protected than traditional apps. You're definitely not meant to make manual changes to that folder. Permission changes to that folder can only be done via the "TrustedInstaller" account, so you would need to use a tool such as PowerRun or AdvancedRun to do that.

I do not recommend that you mess with that folder in any way, but if you're determined, please first make an image backup of your whole drive using a tool such as Macrium Reflect or Clonezilla.

Note: The "in-place upgrade", recommended in another reply, is only going to restore the default permissions. That's something you can do if you have messed with that folder and want to get it back to its default settings. Of course, you should also have your full image backup to turn to in case it all goes sideways.

P.S. The "read-only" setting that appears on the folder is present on all folders and is essentially meaningless. Messing with that is a waste of time.

Following along exactly matching my own Windows screen options. Step #9 says click Edit--but it's not visible at this step. Something is missing.

9. Click the "Edit" button.
10. Click on your username from the list.
11. Check "Full control" underneath it.
12. Click OK.
13. Click OK again.

After Steps #5-8, I'm back at the same dialog box as step #5 with the Owner now being my user name (A). My dialog box says: "Advanced Security Settings for [WindowsApps]" where WindowsApps is the folder I am attempting to gain access to.

The "EDIT" button is only visible after you make a selection in the "Permission entries" list (B).

While my User is now the "owner" of the folder (MACHINE_NAME\user_name), this is not listed in the "Permission entries". I'm confused what to at this point.

--> Is the Owner meant to be listed in the Permissions entries?

Don't mess with the permissions. That's asking for trouble. Just use PowerRun to access the WindowsApps folder.