Loading ...This afternoon I felt the urge to organise the contents of my secondary hard drive, it’s in a real state and has needed treatment for a long time coming…
All was well until Windows Vista wouldn’t allow me to move some directories stating in it’s own unique and special way:
Destination Folder Access Denied - You need permission to perform this action
Upgrading from a live Windows XP Professional install to Windows Vista Ultimate caused my file permission problems, as file security is treated very, very differently between the two systems.
To squash this file permission issue you need to re-assign permissions of the effected files to your user account. To do this:
- Right-click the file (or files) and select Properties
- Properties will have opened in a new window
- Click on the Security tab
- Click Advanced in the lower right
- In the Advanced Security Settings window that pops up, click on the Owner tab
- Click Edit
- Click Other users or groups
- Click Advanced
- Click Find Now
- Double-click your user account (eg. Michael)
- Click OK to all of the remaining windows except the first Properties window
- Select your user account from the list up top and click Edit
- Select your user account from the list up top again and then in the pane below, check Full control under Allow
- You’ll get a security warning, click Yes
- Click OK to save your updated permissions
- Click OK to close the Properties window
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9 Comments
Didnt work… when i got to step 13… full control was already checked.
Didn’t work already have full control
Problem wasn’t destination folder but source folders, but not files!.Easy work around .Just copy the files and then delete old ones
David was right I have the same problem. This did not work
Same problem. This procedure did not solve the problem. I too suspect that the problem is at the source (WinXP, SP3)
Files within the problem directories would not copy either.
BTW Your write up is excellently done. Clear, succinct, high quality illustration, easily followed.
H E E E E E L P ! ! !
Hi Peter,
Thanks for your kind comment. Since I’ve shifted to Windows Vista I can’t provide much more help on this issue. You guys are having an even harder time getting those file permissions set up!
Hit up the Microsoft Windows Support site and see if any moderators or support staff can assist further.
Did not work for me either
Has anyone had any better luck? I wish I could help further but I’m unable to replicate the error.
it worked guys, just make sure you end the process at task manager