Vista you need permission to perform this action move folder

Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I keep getting timeout with my network Share drives. I can see the files but I get "You need permission to perform this action. Its not a ownership or permission issues, I have all administrative rights and I'm part of the Administrators group on my server. I did not have this issue before with Vista and it goes away for a while if I log-off and relog on. The firewall is currently of on my Client machine and I still get that error. I don't want to edit anything in my registry to make the timeout longer, I want it to be always connected and secure.

Patrick Miron. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. A Windows Administrator user account can take control of the file or folder from another user group on the system. Sometimes file permissions bug out, or another user changes the file access permissions, denying your Windows user account access. Right-click the file or folder you want to take full control of and select Properties.

Select the Security tab, followed by the Advanced option. Now, select Find Now to unfurl a list of users on your system. Browse to your Windows user account name, then OK. Back on the Advanced Security Settings window, check the box to Replace owner on subcontainers and objects , then select Apply. After taking full control of the file or folder, you will not see the permission error any longer. In certain circumstances, you can add yourself to the Administrators Group on the system.

However, this will not work if you are using a Standard Windows user account that is restricted from an Administrator user account. Sometimes a Windows issue may stop you accessing a specific file or folder.

To see if it is a bug, you can boot into safe mode, then attempt to access the restricted file. There are several ways to enter Windows safe mode. Open the Boot tab. Under Boot options , select Safe boot. Before rebooting back into Windows again, open msconfig and uncheck the Safe boot option, then press Apply. If you don't uncheck the option, Windows will boot straight back into safe mode again.

Another method for fixing the "You need permission to perform this action" error is to check for a corrupt file. Before running the SFC command, you need to check it is working properly. Then, attempt to access the restricted files. Now you have seen the fixes, you can access any file on your computer.

Vista's new found "security" locks down a lot of things even if your user account has administrative privileges. I ran into a problem like this when installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 where the installer didn't have the permissions to run it's own exe file, or something like that. The point is to show you how to overcome a "you need permission to perform this action" situation if you ever find yourself in it.