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The thread discusses issues with persistent permission and security messages when transferring files on an external drive, with the original poster experiencing an annoying prompt despite having full control. A respondent suggests using "Take Ownership" to resolve permission problems, noting that drive format (FAT32 vs. NTFS) may impact file permissions. The overall tone is helpful, with suggestions aimed at troubleshooting and resolving file access issues on external drives.
ShoobieStomper

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Hey, guys! I'm back again! Haha 🙂 I have been moving a lot of files around on my external, but I keep getting this
message.

An image from 'NTFS Permissions'. The images show a Windows permission error for copying to a drive and its advanced security settings panel.


It doesn't make since because I should have full control.

An image from 'NTFS Permissions'. The images show a Windows permission error for copying to a drive and its advanced security settings panel.


Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

- Alex
 

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ussnorway

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Hi Alex,
ShoobieStomper said:
I have been moving a lot of files around on my external, but I keep getting this
message.
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This is a network control message and just another one of those "are you sure?" pop ups that Microsoft loves so much... clicking continue should allow you to copy the file then you can come back after and delete it if you don't want two the same.

ShoobieStomper said:
Any ideas?
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If continue doesn't work then it could have a link to some other account (being an networked drive and all) so change the "everyone" access to full and that lets you override ANY blockage... this is a major hole to have open on a network computer so go back and reset the "everyone" permissions after or on your own head be it.
 
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It works fine after I click Continue, but it's just annoying. I thought maybe I could get rid of it pretty easy. It's really that big of a deal. I just don't remember seeing it until recently.
 
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Thank you! I can give that a try. Well, it would be FAT32, but I wanted to transfer files larger than 4GB so I formatted it to NTFS. I also use a Mac with the same drive and I think I may have originally formatted it to NTFS from FAT32 with my Mac. Would that have made a difference?
 
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