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Cannot open Folder: Access is denied
Hi guys,
This might sound like a bit of a strange question, I was moving a folder full of 2.4 gb misc files within my external harddirve. The folder was successfully moved, but i cant seem to open that folder anymore. It comes up with an error message saying "Not accessible, Access is denied". When I hover over the folder,it says "Folder is empty". And I checked the recycle bin, nothing there.
So does anyone have a solution to this?, hopefully there is one and that I havn't lost my files.
Thanks in advance
es
This might sound like a bit of a strange question, I was moving a folder full of 2.4 gb misc files within my external harddirve. The folder was successfully moved, but i cant seem to open that folder anymore. It comes up with an error message saying "Not accessible, Access is denied". When I hover over the folder,it says "Folder is empty". And I checked the recycle bin, nothing there.
So does anyone have a solution to this?, hopefully there is one and that I havn't lost my files.
Thanks in advance
es
restart your computer, try to access again.
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Thanks guys, your answers were close enough. I did a "share this folder on the network", and now I can access the files again. woohoo :)
Sharing it on the network also shares it locally with other users. Technically different from "taking ownership", but good enough for many purposes (note, however, if you only shared it for read-only, you might not have full access to the files, you might not be able to write to them (with some applications this would mean you can't open them at all), and you might not be able to erase them).