how do I get "permission to access a folder" on an external hard drive

rosemaryheller · Aug 19, 2011

I recently had to replace my vista Home Premium operating system. I have my photograph stored on two external hard drives. I am able to access the music and documents on the external hard drive, but not the photographs. When I try to open a folder I am given the message that I do not have "permission to access this folder". How can I be granted that permission to ALL the photo folders ( app 50) on that hard drive at the same time? Very aggravating situation !!! :zip:

t-4-2 · Aug 19, 2011

rosemaryheller said:
I recently had to replace my vista Home Premium operating system. I have my photograph stored on two external hard drives. I am able to access the music and documents on the external hard drive, but not the photographs. When I try to open a folder I am given the message that I do not have "permission to access this folder". How can I be granted that permission to ALL the photo folders ( app 50) on that hard drive at the same time? Very aggravating situation !!!

One tutorial that might help you :
Permission : note - it applies to both Vista and Win 7
Sharing and Permissions - Windows 7 Forums

By the way, is this the message you saw ?

If yes, what would happen if you clicked Continue ?

rosemaryheller · Aug 19, 2011

Yes, that is the message that I get. When I press "continue" I am then taken to a number of different windows to allow me to access each folder in my pictures folder. I store app. 5000 photos and this is a very laborious process. So, I was hoping to get "permission" to access all the folders in my pictures folder at one time.

MilesAhead · Aug 20, 2011

You might try these solutions:

windows 7 - Get full control over every file/dir in a drive? - Super User

tom982 · Aug 21, 2011

Try doing step 2 of this:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/157304-folder-permissions.html

Tom

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