It is very common for us to share files over the network with other devices. A way to create backup copies, to transfer documents easily and, in short, to avoid having to use other memories or disks. However sometimes problems can arise. In this article we are going to explain the permissions error when modifying files in this network location . Let’s see what we can do to fix it.
The network file sharing utility
As we say, it is very useful today to share files within a network. Let’s say we have several computers, such as a desktop and a laptop, and we want to access files from one or the other, modify them, delete them …
For this we can share those files on the network. We need permissions to be able to access them and have full control as if we were on that computer physically. This also allows us to create backup copies or have certain files always available.
It is also very common in a work area. There is a user there, who would be the administrator, who grants permissions to the rest to be able to access and edit those files. Now, sometimes we can be facing a bad configuration or simply that we do not have the appropriate permissions granted.
Permissions error when modifying files in this network location
On many occasions, Windows 10 users encounter the permissions error when they go to modify a file in a network location. That alert message appears that something is wrong and that action cannot be carried out. This occurs when trying to save or modify a file.
The message that appears is “You do not have permission to modify files in this network location. Consult the administrator ”.
As we can imagine, that means that we do not have the necessary permissions to modify files that are in those network locations. It could be because the corresponding administrator has not granted us the necessary permissions to do so. Now, it is also possible that this happens on our own device, due to some configuration error that we have made.
We are going to explain what we can do to avoid the permission error when modifying files in this network location whether we are home users or if we are administrators and we want to grant someone permissions.
For this, what we have to do is click with the right mouse button on that document that we want to modify or on the network drive for which we do not have the necessary permissions to modify. Later we have to enter Properties and go to the Security tab.
In Group or user names we have to look for ours, the one that corresponds to the problem, select it and click Edit. There we will see a list with the different permissions that may be denied, such as reading or writing. We simply have to make sure that no option is marked that could harm us and in the event that there is any marked, we uncheck it. Later we give you to apply and accept.
We can also select the specific user and give Advanced Options and edit the different parameters from there.
When we have done all this we can return to those files or folders where we had permission problems to modify them. We can check if this way the failure has been fixed and we can have control in that network location.
Keep in mind that we may have to perform these steps on other users that may be in that system. This will depend on whether our team has several accounts and if this problem appeared in all of them.
In short, by following these simple steps we can modify files when we get the error that indicates that we do not have permissions to modify files on that network drive. It is something that, as we have said, could appear frequently when the administrator has not given us those permissions or we have a bad configuration. Luckily we can easily fix it.