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ACCESS DENIED - Error applying security
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LL Lancing lad asked on November 11, 2013
I have my HDD partitioned with one running W7 (Home Premium) and another with W8. (Both 64
bit NTFS)
I have another large partition used as a 'data store' (no O/S installed) for Docs, photos, music etc.
W7 and W8 were working OK and able to access the data store partition - UNTIL
Yesterday I updated W8 to W8.1.
The W7 partition still 'sees' the data partition and is able to access all the folders/files (Thank
goodness).
The new W8.1 can 'see' the data partition but thinks it is empty and cannot get access.
On trying, I get "Error Applying Security Info" - System Volume\ Indexer Volume Grid" (for the
data volume drive letter) and "Failed to enumerate objects in the container - ACCESS DENIED"
I have spent hours 'tinkering' with the Drive>Properties>Security settings on both drives (W8.1 &
Date Drive) without success - and not without much confusion as what the problem is.
I have a suspect, which may or may NOT be to blame - the data drive seems to have 'acquired' a
new folder since the W8.1 update - notably a 'System Volume Information' folder which
contains 'Chkdsk' and '.dat' files which I assume may have been instigated by the W8.1 system
(unbeknown to me) running Check
Disk during installation.
Can anyone help with this PLEASE.................My W8.1 is useless unless it can access my data.
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Winston M replied on November 12, 2013
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Hi,
Let's analyze and identify the cause of the issue. Perform the steps provided.
To resolve the issue with permissions, I would suggest you to follow these steps:
a. Press Windows key + Q to search Settings.
b. Type “CMD”.
c. From the results, right click Command Prompt and Click Run as Administrator.
d. At the command prompt, type “takeown /f <foldername> /r /d y” without quotes and
then press ENTER. (Replace <foldername> with the path of the folder).
e. Then, type “icacls <foldername> /grant administrators:F /T” without quotes and hit enter.
(Replace <foldername> with the path of the folder).
Using the above mentioned commands, we have taken the ownership of the folder and then
assigned the Administrators group Full Control Permissions for the folder.
If the issue still persists, you may refer to the steps mentioned by 'New Win8 user replied on
October 29, 2012' in the similar discussion.
Permission error - Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access is denied.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-security/permission-error-
failed-to-enumerate-objects-in/93ea883f-853f-4981-a697-928bfbc71642
The steps mentioned are also applicable to Windows 8.1
Hope this information helps.
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LL Lancing lad replied on November 18, 2013
In reply to Winston M's post on November 12, 2013
Thank you Winston for your prompt reply to my question.
But 'oh dear' my feeble brain is really struggling to get to grips with this problem (I am cursing
the day I updated from W8 to 8.1)
I have spent endless hours trying to resolve this by using your formula (above) and as many
variations as I could conjure - all without success
The Command Prompt has returned various replies from 'access denied' , 'file or directory not
found' to 'invalid argument'
I am almost certain that the problem was originally caused when W8.1 did a CHECKDISK scan
during the installation process (I have now disabled the CHKDSK to prevent it doing more
harm ?)
My responding query is - which partition/drive/volume am I supposed to be getting 'ownership'
of ?
Is it the W8.1 partition OR is it the Data Store Partition ?
Dare I ask for the 'complete idiots guide' with apologies for my now totally confused state of
mind as to how I get out of this mess.
I read somewhere on my 'surfing' expeditions on this problem that someone reported that same
problem was cured with a Windows UPDATE. Unfortunately I have not had an update since
installation (Is this another problem for me ?)
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WI WishaalKhan replied on March 15, 2014
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Hi Lancing lad..
Above Method is 100% Working.......
You have to run Command Prompt as Administrator, The first error "Access denied" occurs
because you haven't run Command Prompt as Administrator.
Try This:
takeown<space>/f<space><foldername><space>/r<space>/d<space>y
You are not supposed to type "<space>".
and <foldername> = "Path to your Folder" somthing like C:\FolderName etc.
I think i could help.......:)
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KE Kerii replied on June 6, 2014
In reply to Winston M's post on November 12, 2013
Solution worked for me.
Issue for me happened after using Homegroup shares by setting folders to shared with
Everyone/Nobody. Later on after a reinstall the standard way of applying permissions through file
properties wasn't working due to the folders being set to Nobody, and the original creator no
longer existing.
Still, should not be running into the access denied errors as administrator.
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Winston M replied on June 6, 2014
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In reply to Kerii's post on June 6, 2014
Hi,
Thank you for sharing the information. Glad to know that the issue is resolved. Do post your
Windows related queries on Microsoft Community Forums.
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K K.Shais replied on January 30, 2016
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The issue is not resolved. I am getting an access denied for when I try to access to the temp file
folder. I run the command prompt as administrator and input the takedown line with the spaces
and it says " 'takedown' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program
or batch file." Then I put in the icacls part and it says "Successfully processed 0 files; Failed
processing 1 files"
Why am I unable to access the temp file!!??
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PH Phildosaurus replied on July 3, 2016
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The issue is not resolved. I am getting an access denied for when I try to access to the
temp file folder. I run the command prompt as administrator and input the takedown
line with the spaces and it says " 'takedown' is not recognized as an internal or external
command, operable program or batch file." Then I put in the icacls part and it says
"Successfully processed 0 files; Failed processing 1 files"
Why am I unable to access the temp file!!??
Look closely at the original instructions. The command is takeOWN (as in take ownership), not
takeDOWN. Good luck.
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