File Access Denied - You'll need to provide administrator permission to move this file
After performing some testing on one of my virtual machines, I somehow lost the ability to drag and drop files from my host machine to the vm, even though I was logged on as the Administrator.
Further investigation revealed that I could not drag and drop files from the root of my local drive to my desktop without the following User Account Control prompt appearing:
A similar prompt also appeared for folders:
Permissions?
At first, I thought it might be a permissions issue but this checked out ok.
Policy Setting
I then checked the policy settings and noticed the following policy was enabled:
User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account
This is located in Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options
Further investigation revealed that I could not drag and drop files from the root of my local drive to my desktop without the following User Account Control prompt appearing:
File Access Denied
You'll need to provide administrator permission to move this file
A similar prompt also appeared for folders:
Destination Folder Access Denied
You'll need to provide administrator permission to move to this folder
Permissions?
At first, I thought it might be a permissions issue but this checked out ok.
Policy Setting
I then checked the policy settings and noticed the following policy was enabled:
User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account
This is located in Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options
Resolution
After disabling this policy, I was able to drag and drop files freely between my host and vm.
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It didn't work for me, do you know another way?
ReplyDeleteI don't unfortunately. Please reply with your solution if you resolve it another way.
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