"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access this item."

Question

Hello,

last night I did a windows update because I hadn't done one in over a month. I also updated my drivers.

I restarted and everything worked fine. I could open up any application or .exe except for my League of Legends.exe, my most commonly used program.

It keeps coming up with the error listed above even though I am an Admin account. I switched over to the main Admin account,

and same thing.

I have done everything I have seen people list. None of these have worked. Every single one comes up with the same error message as above.

-Run in compatibility mode for Windows 7

-Run as Administrator

-Giving "Everyone" full permissions to the .exe and every folder/file it is listed under

-Running an SFC scan

-PC Recovery and going back to an earlier date

-CC cleaning Registry

-Completely uninstalling+deleting all the program's folders and re-installing

-My Windows Defender+Anti Virus program are always OFF

Please help. I have also submitted the same help ticket to my game's support and am also waiting on a response from them. 

| Program Compatibility Troubleshooter | | Find and fix problems with running older programs on this version of Windows. | | Package Version: | 1.5 | | --- | --- | | Publisher: | Microsoft Windows | | --- | --- |

| Program Compatibility Troubleshooter | | Find and fix problems with running older programs on this version of Windows. | | Package Version: | 1.0 | | --- | --- | | Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation | | --- | --- |

Answer 1

Looks like an account corruption.

Enable Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 8.1 to check. Also create a new account within to verify.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/enable-windows-built-in-administrator-account/