You need permission to perform this action on Windows 11/10

There are some files necessary for the proper working of your computer. Therefore, Microsoft doesn’t want you đồ sộ edit these files. Because of this, you may see a “You need permission đồ sộ perform this action” message on Windows 11/10. Even though it is not an error but it can be a bit frustrating.

Fix You need permission đồ sộ perform this action error

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These are the things you need đồ sộ bởi đồ sộ get around the “You need permission đồ sộ perform this action” message on Windows 11/10:

Check if you are an admin
Take Full Control
Take Ownership of File and Folder
Add đồ sộ Administrator Group

Let us talk about them in detail.

1] Check if you are an admin

You need permission đồ sộ perform this action

Before moving any further we need đồ sộ make sure that you are the admin. If not, you may face this error with some folders which require administrator privileges đồ sộ open.

So, đồ sộ kiểm tra that, launch Control Panel by Win + R, type “Control”, and hit Enter.

Click User Accounts and kiểm tra the “User” section, there alongside your Profile Picture you will see your Account type. As you can see in the screenshot that my tài khoản type is Administrator.

2] Take Full Control

If you are an administrator and still not able đồ sộ access the tệp tin, you need đồ sộ take full control of the tệp tin or thư mục that’s giving you the message. To bởi that, right-click on the thư mục and select Properties.

Go đồ sộ the Security tab, click Edit, and tick “Allow” from the Full control section. Finally, click Apply > Ok to over things up. Now, try opening the thư mục and kiểm tra if the issue persists.

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3] Take Ownership of File and Folder

If you don’t have ownership of that particular tệp tin or thư mục, you may face this error. Take ownership đồ sộ get around the issue.

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4] Add đồ sộ Administrators Group

You need permission đồ sộ perform this action on Windows 10

If you are not a part of the Administrators group, you will face the “You need permission đồ sộ perform this action” error on Windows 10. So, the best solution for you would be đồ sộ add yourself đồ sộ the Administrators Group. If you don’t know how đồ sộ bởi it, follow the given steps.

Launch Computer Management by searching it out from the Start Menu.
Now, expand Local Users and Groups and click Users.
Right-click on the user you want đồ sộ add đồ sộ the Administrators Group, and select Properties.
Go đồ sộ the “Members of” tab and click Add.
Type “Administrators” in “Enter the object names đồ sộ select” and click Check Names > Ok
Click Apply > Ok.