How To Fix Can't Open Users Folder On Old SSD

Kevin Adam 0 Reputation points
2025-02-01T12:59:26.24+00:00

So I Bought A New Laptop And Already Have Windows 11 Pro Installed, And I Want To Add My Old Windows NVME To My Laptop But When I Want To Open Users Folder Its Always Need Permission When I Already Administrator, And When I Add A New Permit For The Folder Its Always Showing Unable To Set A New Owner On Kev. The Media Is Write Protected, How To Fix This ?May be an image of text that says "Windows Security ype llow X llow X Unable Unable to set new owner on Kev. llow llow The media is write protected. w OK"

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  1. Daisy Zhou 28,986 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2025-02-04T07:44:03.5266667+00:00

    Hello

    Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

    Here are some steps you can try to fix your problem:

    1. Take Ownership of the Folder from the Security tab in Properties and Grant Full Control.
    2. Using Diskpart to Remove Write Protection:

    • Open Command Prompt as an administrator and run:

    diskpart list disk select disk X

    # Replace X with the number of your NVMe drive attributes disk clear readonly

    • Type exit to close Diskpart.

    1. Some drives have a physical switch that enables write protection. Ensure it's not enabled.
    2. Using Registry Editor:

    • Press Win + R, type regedit, and press Enter.

    • Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

    • If you don't see StorageDevicePolicies, create it.

    • Create a new DWORD value named WriteProtect and set its value to 0.

    • Restart your computer.

    I hope the information above is helpful.

    If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

    Best Regards,

    Daisy Zhou

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