You have to first close any open dialogs and go back to the Explorer screen. Don’t try to change any other settings at this point. Now make sure to click OK on any remaining open windows so that all dialogs are closed. Click OK and you’ll get another message saying you don’t have permissions to read the contents, do you want to replace permissions and grant yourself Full Control. Also make sure to check the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects box. I personally choose my own account because that’s the default behavior in Windows when you create a new folder/file. In the Change owner to box, select your user account or Administrators. This will pop up another dialog where you get the option to change the owner. If you have no access to the folder, you’ll see a message stating you have to be an Administrator to view the security properties. To get started, you need to right-click on the file or folder, choose Properties and then go to the Security tab. Taking ownership is unfortunately quite a process, so it’s best to have ample time and patience before attempting this. Take Ownership of Files and Folders in Windows If you get the You have been denied permission to access this folder message after clicking Continue, that means you are not the owner and you’ll have to first take ownership of the folder before you can change any permissions. This will try to give your user account permissions to the folder as long as you are the owner. Before you start doing any work, you should try to click on the Continue button that will show up in Windows 7 and Windows 8 automatically.

To gain access to the file or folder, you’ll need to have the correct permissions configured for your account. We’ll talk about file in use errors in the next section. This particular error is normally caused by NTFS permissions, but it can also be caused by other issues like a corrupt user profile, encryption on the file or if the file is in use.

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