Everyone is familiar with the error message which pops up and says, “you require permission from administrators to make changes to this folder” when you try to open a file. It’s annoying as it is, but it’s more annoying when you don’t know how to get rid of this error message. Sometimes even if you are logged in as an administrator, you still get this message. But it’s not such a big deal to worry about because, in this article, we’ll discuss Why We get this error message and how to get rid of it.
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Why is permission required from the administrator?
There could be several reasons why you get the error message “you require permission from administrators to make changes to this folder” When you try to open a folder. Some of the possible reasons are listed below:
Ownership
You are called the owner of a folder when you are the one who created that folder. You cannot open the folder and get the error message “you require permission from administrators to make changes to this folder” because you don’t have ownership of the folder.
UAC (user account control)
User account control is one of the security systems of windows. Enabling user account control allows you to access and perform tasks as non-administrators without switching accounts, logging off, running, or restarting the PC. If you are getting the error message, there must be some problems or changes in the UAC (user account control).
Trustedinstaller
Trustedinstaller is another security component of Microsoft. It’s a built-in account that owns a variety of files. If you want to make changes to those files, you will have to get permission from trustedinstaller. You will be granted permissions for changes when trustedinstaller makes sure that the change won’t harm the OS.
How to change permissions?
Before taking extreme measures and changing different settings, it’s better to change the permissions. We’ve prepared stepwise instructions for changing the permissions to access a file. Follow the steps below to change the permissions to make changes to a file:
- Step 1
Go to the file and right-click on the file icon. Then click on properties
- Step 2
After opening properties, click on the “security tab and then select “advance.”
- Step 3
After clicking on “advance,” a new tab will open. Go to permissions, Then click on “change,” which is written parallel to “owner.”
- Step 4
Now, write the name of your account in place of the previous owner.
- Step 5
There is a check box on the bottom of the tab which says, “Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object.” Check this checkbox and click “OK.”
How to fix “you require permission from administrators to make changes to this folder.”
Given below are the solutions to fix “you require permission from administrators to make changes to this folder.”
Solution 1: Disable the UAC feature
Solution 2: Perform the operation in Safe Boot Mode
Solution 3: Delete from the Command Prompt
Solution 4: change permissions
Solution 1: Disable the UAC feature
UAC (User account control) is one of the security systems of windows. Enabling user account control allows you to access and perform tasks as non-administrators without switching accounts, logging off, running, or restarting the PC. If you are getting the error message, there must be some problems or changes in the UAC (user account control). To get rid of the error message, you are required to disable the UAC (User account control) feature. Follow the stepwise instructions to disable the UAC feature:
- Go to the taskbar, then in the search bar, search for “Group Policy Editor” and click on it.
- After opening the “Group Policy editor,” go to “Computer Configurations.” Then, click on Windows settings < security settings < Local Policies < security options.
- After going to security options, scroll down and find “User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode.” Then click on it.
- When you click on “User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode,” a small tab will open, and there will be two options called to enable and disable. Mark the “disable” option and click OK.
Solution 2: Perform the operation in Safe Boot Mode.
To get rid of the error message, you must perform the operation in Safe Boot Mode. When you perform actions in safe mode, it gives you limited access to windows that might not normally work properly. Safe Boot Mode Also allows troubleshooting windows. Follow the stepwise instructions to Perform the operation in Safe Boot Mode.:
- Go to the taskbar, then search for “MSConfig,” and click on it in the search bar.
- A tab will open, then click on the”Boot” option. Then check the checkbox parallel to “Safe Boot.”
- Then restart your PC And check if it’s still showing the error message. Once the problem is solved, uncheck the “Safe boot” box.
Solution 3: Delete from the Command Prompt
A command prompt is a text-based user interface that acts as a command-line interpreter. The command prompt controls the error message. If you delete the command prompt, there won’t be an error message. Follow the stepwise instructions to delete the command prompt.
- Go to the taskbar, then in the search bar, search for “Command Prompt.” and click on it.
- Right-click on the icon of the Command Prompt and select the option which says “Run as administrator.
- Type the command written below
| takeown /F “Full_Path_Folder_Name” /r /d y icacls “Full_Path_Folder_Name” /grant Administrators:F / rd “Full_Path_Folder_Name” /S /Q |
Solution 4: change permissions
Follow the steps below to change the permissions to make changes to a file:
- Step 1
Go to the file and right-click on the file icon. Then click on properties
- Step 2
After opening properties, click on the “security tab and then select “advance.”
- Step 3
After clicking on “advance,” a new tab will open. Go to permissions, Then click on “change,” which is written parallel to “owner.”
- Step 4
Now write the name of your account in place of the previous owner
- Step 5
There is a check box on the bottom of the tab which says, “Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object.” Check this checkbox and click “OK.”
