photo gallery can't open this picture because you don't have permission to asscess file location

Anonymous
2009-04-19T20:08:54+00:00

i had to format my pc yesterday and i can not access my pics on my 2ndry hardrive can anyone help this is the message i get when i try to view them

photo gallery can't open this picture because you don't have permission to asscess file location

RJ

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
Anonymous
2011-01-09T16:50:15+00:00

I recently started have the SAME problem. Windows Photo Viewer had been working swimmingly over the last few months on the same exact images without any problems.

I suspect Microsoft updated some code somewhere that got pushed out as an update -- that's now causing the problem.

As a diagnostic, I tried right-click "Open with..." and chose Paint. The same file opened without any problems.

Thumbnails are all being generated for ALL images without problem.

Yet Windows Photo Viewer cannot view ANY of my image files. Paint has no problems.

Similarly, right-click "Open with..." and chosing Microsoft Office 2010. Image loads with no problems.

If the original poster has the same success using other programs -- then the problem is with Windows Photo Viewer -- Microsoft's not having it recognize the code permissions or something.

This is on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Most recent updates from Microsoft applied.

Was this answer helpful?

90+ people found this answer helpful.
0 comments

58 additional answers

Sort by: Oldest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2009-12-23T16:27:41+00:00

    Hello.. I have been having the same problem..I am running win 7.. My problem is with my pictures on a external HD. I have done the whole owner thing and set permissions.. yada yada.. Can't Figure it out.

    I have found that I can:

    Select all the photos in a folder.

    Right Click on the selected Files.

    In the Context Menu that pops up, Select Share With and then Homegroup.

    Not the best solution. But Much better than fixing one file at a time.

    I have an Extremely large music collection with the same problem.. I am dreading the task of doing the same thing with it..

    I can however copy these files from my external and paste them on my Desktop and they will open just fine then.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-23T16:36:55+00:00

    My guess is that it has something to do with the archive bit.  Prior to doing the upgrade, I backed up my pictures to a dvd, just in case something went wrong.  There was one folder of pictures that didn't get backed up, so these files never got the archive bit changed on them.  These are the only ones that retained proper permissions.  Not sure how the archive bit and permissions would be connected but it seems like they are some how.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2010-03-22T12:53:21+00:00

    I was having this same problem with some pictures of my own. I checked my users who had permission to access the files, and the user I was on didn't have them, so I added them.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2010-03-26T16:07:07+00:00

    I have had luck with these steps:

    right click go to properties

    click on the security tab

    click continue (with vista i have to click continue again for permission)

    click on add....

    under slect users or groups click advanced....

    under select users or groups on the right side is find now, click that

    then scroll down to everyone click that. then click okay

    under the select users or groups click okay again.

    on permission for everyone check full control and then click apply, then okay

    then click okay 

    i hope this helps.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments