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Andrew just wants to open his files on Windows 10 (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-why-dont-i-have-permission-to-open-my/6f33e814-3cc6-4ce6-993c-dffcf1bb5b75

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[–] [email protected] 209 points 4 months ago (17 children)

The real answer?

"We once gave you commoners this power and you used it to fuck your computer up and then blamed us for it, so we learned you can't be trusted with this power. We hid it behind a kind of skill test, and you're failing that test."

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Good luck with opening the subdirectories of C:\WindowsApps\. I ran Explorer as admin, gave myself R/W permissions, even recursively changed ownership of everything, followed all the online guides... Still denied access.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

U can use proccess hacker to lauch for example total commander with SYSTEM privileges it's highest possible privilege in windows.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

it’s highest

its* ~~hightest~~ highest

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Highest*

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Whoops! Thanks. Corrected.

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