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Hi All,
Need some help with the following error. I have many folders in my external HDD. While accessing a particular folder I am getting an error and none of the folders is accessible. Can someone help me here. The folder contains lots of songs. Need to access anyhow.
Thanks
Sandip Gumtya
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It says that you must use the security tab to access the folder.
Are you starting with the administrator account?
We will double click, or right click / Edit, and in the displayed window we will activate the "Enabled" box so that the Security tab is eliminated. Click on Apply and OK to save the changes.
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You may browse into root folder and under Properties and Security tab and add your user and add full control to it and when you apply you will get message asking you to apply to subfolders.
Hi,
the screenshot is attached on clicking continue. The problem is with this particular folder and subfolder only. As there are 100+ subfolders, clicking on individual folders to gain access is difficult. Pl suggest how to solve this for the main folder.
What folder is that?
In case it is system folder, you will need permission to access it.
Hello SANDIPGUMTYA, I will be happy to help you solve this problem.
When you give "Continue", it doesn't give you permission to access?
The error says "You currently do not have permission to that folder" But if you give it continue, you will have permanent permission. You can give continue, if it still does not open you can send me a screenshot of what happens when you click continue.
I hope I can help you.
