How to remove access denied

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  1. Posts : 78
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    How to remove access denied


    I think when I recently installed RegCurePro I started something with regard to my external hard drive. I had to have my external hard drive detached when I boot up. So in a sense I have been used to dealing with the external hard drive.Upon the installation of the RegCurePro I started getting the access denied msg. when I tried to open anything on my hard drive. I have uninstalled RegCurePro but am still getting the msg. My husband has copied all the files on my external hard drive to his pc and I will be reformating the external hard drive and transferring my files to it. Question what if I still get the access denied msg.? Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated!
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  2. Posts : 6,285
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    You could try talking ownership of the entire external drive. An easy way to do this is to add a Take Ownership selection to the right click drive context menu:

    Take Ownership Shortcut
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  3. Posts : 78
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    How to remove access denied part 2


    Future help needed. Suggestion did not work????
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  4. Posts : 6,285
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    Were you able to take ownership of the external drive?
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  5. Posts : 78
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    I got the option to take ownership to appear in the drop menu. Unfortunately the problem still exists. I have verified that I am the administrator on my computer. I appreciate your assistance.
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    Once the option is available, you to use it to take ownership of the external drive by right clicking on it in Windows Explorer and selecting Take Ownership.
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  7. Posts : 78
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    I am sorry I was not specific in my last message. I did use it to attempt gain ownership. I still get the error msg.
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  8. Posts : 6,285
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    Formatting the drive (use quick format, that's all that's needed) should definitely fix the problem.

    You might also think about doing a System Restore to before you installed RegCurePro.
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  9. Posts : 78
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    Thank you for getting back to me. I was wondering if my registry might have been corrupted when I installed RegCurePro? By the way I agree backup would have been a good step, but we all know about hindsight! Would the quick format be effective if my registry is affected?
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  10. Posts : 6,285
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    Registry should not have anything to do with the problem as far as I can see.

    Try it, see what happens.
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