file access

(Newcomer to this forum) Basically, trying to ‘save to a target folder’ or ‘open from a target folder’ goes to the Desktop folder instead of the target folder. Examples: Enter a file name in desktop search bar. List of possible files, desired file is in a target folder within another folder...

Hello all, As the title suggests I'm looking to restrict all access to basically everything except certain applications like games. Also I'd like to know if that may affect the game? Like will it run normally with no issue since everything is restricted on this user? Another question if this...

I am running Windows Server Essentials. Ehen the server is being accessed over network via file explorer all of my security is working great. Folder security is good, However if someone knows a folder path and enters that in a browser the have read access to the folder and all of it's...

Hello, thank you for your help. I have a PC, and a NAS. The NAS has a file, when I try to use that file in a program, it says "The media is write protected." I am an admin Win user, and when right click > properties > security, it says I have write permission. When I copy file from NAS to PC...

I recently copied files from Windows 10 laptop to portable HD using robocopy with switches /copyall /dcopy:dat /e in CMD. Then using same commands copied them into new Windows11 PC. It took some heavy duty poking around to figure out where the few files on the new PC were located for our...

On Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 OS Build 19045.3086 I have three PC's all on the same wireless network. All set to Private networks. All running 19045. All in workgroup WORKGROUP. None have passwords, all are Administrator accounts.There are no credentials. In Sharing settings, all PC's are set...

Winver=22H2. Just a couple of weeks ago I KNOW I had FULL ADMIN rights to copy any file/photo off of my desktop. Now, I can't send anything from my desktop, and I desperately need to send scrnshots to support groups but I can't cuz some MSoft gremlin changed it on the fly. :mad::mad::mad: It's...

Hey everyone, I really need help from an expert. I have made mistakes with my account, and I have several questions. The situation is a bit messy now, so I'll try to be chronological... 1. When I attempt to loggin to my Windows 10 profile, now it always logs me to a temporary account. I have no...

Every time I try to copy "You'll need to provide administrator permission to copy this file " I am trying to copy large .TIB files image files from my C: drive to an external drive connected directly to the PC. I AM admin on this computer but am not using the Administrator account. The actual...

My Z600 PC has now slowed down. I suspect through lack of maintenance. I downloaded tune up software, but it stops halfway through. I have quite a large movie collection on the internal hard drives, (Set up in raid 5) (c drive and d drive) I Tried to add a new external HDD with a view of cutting...

Hello, I have a windows shared folder between me and my brothers Locally on the network. My problem is that. I have to share this folder with them so they have access to my stuff and I have access to there stuff. Is there a way to stop that? What I mean is there a way to give them there each own...

Hello, I'm running windows 10 pro. I have 4 of my dives as a Raid. however What I'm worried about is running my windows as a Nas. I;m not a linux person at all. I been on windows sense as long as I can remember. I do have linux systems and having a hard time trying to compile drives into a raid...

I installed Swift for Windows 2.0 on my Windows 10(x64) laptop. Apparently it installed only partially. I need to remove it from Add/ Remove Programs. But I get a message. I tried to give access to the temp folder etc. Nothing worked. How do I remove this program? Can I just delete Swift For...

Hi! I’m not good with computers and I really need help. My PC (Microsoft surface book) asks a bitlocker key, but I don’t remember I ever made that. I tried with the key found on my Microsoft account but it doesn’t work. Also, the ID key in my account and the ID key in the computer are...

I am running a peer to peer win 10 network. I have one of my computers (A) that can access the other (B) through explorer, but when I try to save a new doc or open one through the dialogue box to that computer (B) I cannot find it in my network folder. What am I missing? I can open any file off...

I cannot open a handle to any of my storage devices. HANDLE h = CreateFile(L"\\\\.\\PhysicalDisk0", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_READ_ACCESS | FILE_WRITE_ACCESS, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0); I also tried copying the full path from WinObj: \GLOBAL??\PhysicalDrive0 and...

Hi, I have Linux Ubuntu instal, latest long term version, anyway, I can access some potographcs from my shard partition which I share as an NTFS betwen Liunux and Windows installation, however, although one program in Linux Geeqie can open a file, when I go to open it with Gimp it does not and...

I have two connected laptops standing side by side. One is running Windows 10, the other Windows XP. I need XP for some applications, and I am unable to convert them to Windows 10. Until recently I shared the disks of both machines using a LAN connection, allowing me to access the Windows 10...

I've tried everything, from bootrec /rebuildbcd to trying to launch system restores but saying they don't exist, it can't detect my windows installation BUT it says when i do dir C:\ that my files exist.

Hello everyone, the USB port on my external harddrive broke, so I bought a SATA adapter. Now, when I plug it in, it tells me that I have to format my harddrive in order to use it. I can't do this obviously because all my important data is on there. I tried restarting my computer, using different...