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

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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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-14T09:32:07+00:00

    Hi rick_1965,

    Thanks for using the Answers Forum.

    Was this hard drive setup under Windows XP?

    If you've taken ownership of the folder you should also check to make sure you have permission to access the folder.

    You can change the permissions by right clicking on the folder and clicking Properties then click the security tab. Click the Edit button, then highlight your username by clicking on it, then put a check in Full Control a little further down. Click OK, then Click OK again.

    Give that a try and let us know how it works out.

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    I have the same problem I hv more zan thousand photos and can't open it, I tried all the menthion but not working.pls help

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-14T09:30:37+00:00

    I have the same problem I hv more zan thousand photos and can't open it, I tried all the above but not working.pls help

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-03-15T17:01:09+00:00

    I was having the same problem, following the steps to get ownership of the folders, and it wouldn't work. Once it tried to regain ownership of the files inside the folder it would give the message access denied. I found that if I followed these steps I could gain access one photo at a time, but the thought of having to do that 54,124 times was exhausting. I then found this link and I was able to use photo gallery with my pictures again!!

    http://www.ehow.com/how_8674716_change-ownership-multiple-folders-once.html

    Thanks to all the posters who gave me clues to fix my problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-12T14:23:53+00:00

    This doesn't work either.  I cannot view any of my pictures.

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