FIX: YOU NEED PERMISSION TO PERFORM THIS ACTION

Microsoft offers several ways of preventing your files or data from being deleted, renamed or modified in Windows to ensure that your information doesn’t get into the wrong hands.

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However, some of these protections can get out of hand, leading to errors such as “You need permission lớn perform this action”. This can occur when you’re trying to xuất hiện a file, delete a folder, or run an application. Sometimes Windows may even lock down certain tasks or actions whether you’re an Administrator or not.

Causes For The “You Need Permission lớn Perform This Action” Error

There’s no single cause for this error, but the best part is that it doesn’t always pop up consistently. However, there are certain situations when it seems to lớn happen more frequently, such as trying khổng lồ copy files, change a folder/file name, delete a tệp tin or folder, or install a program.

Ideally, such actions shouldn’t have any hitches. If you don’t have the right security permissions, wrongly modified permissions, or the thư mục or tệp tin is locked by a system service or process because it’s an essential tệp tin for Windows operations, you could over up getting this error.

The error could also be caused by malware infection or by using certain third-party apps. All these can be frustrating even if you have an administrator account because you can’t create, modify, or even delete any files or folders.

How to Fix “You need permission to lớn perform this action” Error

Your security software – antivirus or firewall – could cause conflicts and errors such as this one. Temporarily disabling your antivirus is the best and safest way of testing this. If it resolves the problem, kiểm tra with your vendor or switch khổng lồ better antivirus software options.

Note: While your third-party antivirus software is disabled, turn on Windows Defender, the built-in Windows 10 security software, to give your PC the necessary protection as you try lớn fix this error.

Disable Third-Party Security Software

One way of disabling your antivirus software is by using the Task Manager. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys simultaneously và select Task Manager from the blue security options screen or right-click your taskbar & select Task Manager from the context menu.

In Task Manager, click the Startup tab and check the apps that start when your computer launches. Choose your third-party antivirus app, and click Disable to lớn change its status.

Do the same for every other third-party antivirus app on your PC and restart it. Check whether the error disappears, if not, try the next fix below. If it helps, you can turn off Windows Defender and re-enable your antivirus software.

Run A Malware Scan With Windows Defender

Your PC could be infected with viruses or malware that caused the “You need permission to perform this action” error. Running a malware scan using Windows Defender will kiểm tra the computer for any such malware và remove them, after which you can kiểm tra if the error disappears.

To bởi vì this, click Start > Settings & select Update & Security.

In the new window, click Scan Options link, and select Full Scan. This will most likely fish out and nuke any sneaky viruses or malware hiding in your PC, though it takes longer than a Quick scan.

If the scan found any threats, take the appropriate kích hoạt after the scan completes, and kiểm tra whether the error disappears after the scan.

Run An SFC Scan

A System tệp tin Checker (SFC) is one of the troubleshooting tools that scans, detects & solves various system issues in your PC.

Open an elevated Command Prompt by typing CMD in the search box and select Run as Administrator.

When the scan completes, the SFC scanner will try to fix any identified issues automatically. You can kiểm tra whether the error disappears when you try performing the same action on your computer.

Add Your account To The Administrator Group

If there are multiple administrator accounts & you’re trying lớn access contents of other admins, you could end up getting the “You need permission khổng lồ perform this action” error message.

Right-click Start and select Computer Management.

Go lớn Local Users and Groups và double-click the Users folder.

Double-click on your tài khoản in the left pane.

Click the Add button on the Member Of tab.

Type Administrators in the Enter the object names to select field, & then click Check Names > OK. Select Administrators, click Apply > OK.

Once your trương mục is in the admins group, check if the error still appears when performing the kích hoạt you want.

Check If The Folders/Files Are Under a Different Admin Account

Right-click Start > Run to open the Run utility, type netplwiz và press Enter.

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In the new window, you’ll see the user accounts and their trương mục types. Khổng lồ change the trương mục type for any other accounts you have with admin privileges, click the Users tab & select the trương mục you want khổng lồ change under Users of this computer section.

Click the Group Membership tab và select either Standard or Administrator for the type of user account. Click Apply>OK to lớn finish the process.

Try the kích hoạt you wanted again and see if the error disappears. If it doesn’t move to lớn the next solution.

Restart In Safe Mode

Previously, Windows users pressed the F8 function key to lớn enter Safe Mode, but that changed because the F8 boot thực đơn was removed in Windows 10 to improve system boot time. You can learn more about this in our guide on Why F8 is not working in Windows 10, but here are the steps to take to lớn restart your PC in Safe Mode.

Click Start > Power, hold down the Shift key và click Reboot to mở cửa the Troubleshoot screen.

Click Advanced options.

Next, click Startup Settings.

Select Restart.

Once your PC reboots, press the F4 key lớn enable Safe Mode, & then try the action again to kiểm tra if the error disappears while in this mode.

Use Unlocker khổng lồ Delete A Locked Folder/File

If you’re trying to mở cửa a thư mục and this error appears, you can use the không tính phí Unlocker program to identify the programs or processes that are locking your folder.

Note: When installing Unlocker, click Skip a few times when it asks you to lớn install other programs.

Install Unlocker, click Advanced & uncheck Install Delta Toolbar. Once the installation is complete, go lớn its thư mục in File Explorer, right-click on it và select Unlocker. You’ll see a pop-up window with a các mục of the processes or programs locking the folder. If there aren’t any, it’ll tell you that there aren’t any locks.

If there’s a list, you have three options: kill the process, unlock a particular item, or unlock all lớn release all the locks on the folder.

Get Full Control Permissions Over A File/Folder

Right-click on the file or folder you want lớn delete or xuất hiện and select Properties.

Go back khổng lồ the Properties folder and click OK.

If you want to change permissions without taking ownership of the file/folder, right-click the file or folder, select Properties & go lớn the Security tab and click Advanced.

Under the Access column, kiểm tra if your user trương mục has Full Control.

Click Check names to validate your user trương mục name and select OK. Mark the checkbox next khổng lồ Full control so that every kích hoạt except Special permission is marked.

See if you’re able to lớn perform the kích hoạt you wanted without the error showing up.

Reinstall The Affected Application

If a particular tiện ích has permission issues that causes this permissions error, reinstall it and see if it resolves the issue.

Click Start > Settings > Apps.

Find the app you want to uninstall, select it and click Uninstall. Once uninstalled, re-install the app và see if the error disappears.

If none of these solutions work, you may have to bởi vì a clean reinstall of your system but only as a last resort because this action fully cleans your drive. If you go this route, back up your personal files and other data first. You can choose other backup options such as cloud storage, using an external hard drive or migrating your files to a different computer.

Did any of these fixes help resolve the “You need permission khổng lồ perform this action” error on your computer? Let us know in a bình luận below.

Elsie is a công nghệ writer & editor with a special focus on Windows, Android and iOS. She writes about software, electronics and other tech subjects, her ultimate goal being to lớn help people out with useful solutions to lớn their daily tech issues in a simple, straightforward and unbiased style. She has a BCom degree in marketing and currently pursuing her Masters in Communications và New Media. Read Elsie"s Full Bio

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