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This is a new one for me. I am the only user on this Win 10 PC. My local account is the Admin. I do not have access to my own C: Drive!! I get this error:
As a test, I'm just trying to create a .txt file at c:\ and it throughs the error. I should be able to do anything I want to my own PC! I have disabled UAC and even shared c: with Everyone with Full Control. Aside from re-installing Windows (which I wont do), how do I regain control of my PC?
Note: I also took Ownership of c: with full control. Still no access. This is insane. What else can I do?
Any ideas on this one? I'd really like to avoid reformatting my HD.
Note: this question says it has an Answer, but I do not see one.
Guess I will have to reformat the drive if I want to have control over my own machine. Doesn't seem right. I'll check some other forums.
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Did you reboot after disabling UAC?
Open a command prompt with "Run as Administrator". Run this command sequence. Do you get an error?
cd \
md Test
dir /ad T*
Even though your account is a member of the Administrators group, the explorer process does not run elevated. This looks like a UAC problem.
I would recommend that you keep UAC enabled. Re-enable it, reboot, and then try that command sequence again.