Access denied, even using W7 admin account..

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I've been installing Windows 7 a few times over the last 24 hours (due to various issues I've had - dont ask..).. Now however I get "You have been denied permission to access this folder" on one of the drives.. I have even enabled the Windows 7 admin account, and it still doesnt allow me in the folder.. How do I disable this file system permission system completely? Its only me on the machine, I dont need to worry about who can see what..
 
Which folder (exactly)? There are loads of folders on W7 which aren't actually folders at all, but links to another location. Click on any of these and you'll get that message.


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Its one of the folders on a different drive, just containing video files.. The folder was used (as is) on a different machine prior to being moved to this machine (although I had access to it on all the installs I've done up to this one.).. Now I cant even access the folder.
 
was this a video folder in a user's document folder ? ie My videos or whatever its called. If so its an issue with user permissions.

"If you are an administrator on your user account and cannot access a folder, this is due to permission error. To give complete permission to yourself, right-click the file or folder and select Properties. Now go to Security tab, and hit the Edit button. Here select your username(account) and check the Full Control checkbox. When done, hit OK. Note that when you will check the Full Control checkbox, all others will be automatically checked too"

Also try this http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/remove-blocked-files-and-its-locking-processes-from-windows/
 
I finally got it working.. It wasnt the users document folder, but f:\videoes..

In the end it turned out that the drive had full access given to server/name, the same name I was using now, but it must have stayed behind since the last W7 install - and even though it was the same server/name as now, it wouldnt let me "re-use" those permissions.. I removed it and it started working again.. It was strange though that even as Admin user I couldnt access it.

Thanks for the replies.
 
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