Error Applying Security - Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access is denied. when I tried taking ownership of the local disk.

Question

I already tried this but still no luck. Access denied to my C drive - Microsoft Community

After I click OK, many of these messages always pop up.

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Good day! I'm Raniel, a Microsoft user like you. I understand your frustration regarding this issue and I'll do my best to help.

Can you also take ownership of the drive using the method on this article instead: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3841-add-ta...

Another option is to enable the built-in administrator account to isolate the issue

1. On the Windows sign-in screen, press and hold the Shift key, then select Power > Restart
2. After your machine reboots, click on "Troubleshoot" under Choose an option
3. Click on "Advanced options" > select "command prompt"
4. On the command prompt window, type net user administrator /active:yes and press Enter
5. Reboot your machine, then login to your admin account, and check if you'll encounter the same issue.

Note: If you don't encounter the issue on the built-in administrator account, I suggest that you create a new user account (go through the steps under "My computer is in a workgroup") . Please refer to this article as a guide: https://support.microsoft.com/help/14039/window...

I hope this helps. Good luck!

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