Cant access folders and their contents “Access denied” on Windows 10

Question

I recently bought a new Win10 pc. Then I tried to access the folders I had saved in an external hard drive, which I used to use with Windows 7. To begin with I wasn't able to access specific folders- a message would come up saying "Access Denied". Somehow while I was playing with the permissions I managed to get into the folder but then the contents (videos) wouldnt play.

I have tried gaining ownership of the folder via the properties, but this hasn't fixed the problem. I have also made sure that I have admin permissions.

Does anyone have any idea of why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Answer 1

Did you give read permission to the system under security tab? If not , then give the permission to the system. Alternatively you can use unlocker to rename that file and that will do your job.