There are times when you may copy files or folders to your system and cannot access them because the system does not allow you permission to them. In the case of folders, you may see a small "no entry ...

Windows Privacy Settings offer File System settings, which makes sure that unless allowed, Apps will not be able to access the File System, and user folders such as ...

Trying to access restricted folders in Windows 11 or Windows 10 but unable to do so? This guide will show you how to access the Access Denied or Restricted folder and its content on Windows 11/10 ...

Part of Windows Defender in recent updates of Windows 10 and Windows Server, Controlled Folder Access can prevent malware from accessing or changing designated files. Microsoft added a cool, new ...

This fall, Microsoft plans to release a new Windows Defender feature called Controlled Folder Access, which blocks and blacklists unauthorized apps from making changes to files located inside ...

Back in OS X Lion and then again in OS X Mountain Lion, Apple hid access to the user Library folder to prevent neophyte OS X users from messing around in the areas of the file system that could cause ...

encrypted user folder on an external disk- can it be done? a user folder on an unencrypted disk works just fine. i managed to sort of do it by logging into a second empty account on the internal, ...