The message Destination folder access denied usually appears when you don’t have the necessary administrator rights to copy a file or folder to the C: partition or to the partition your Windows 10, operating system is installed in. In some cases however it will let you copy and paste any file or folder but only in specific paths in your C: drive.
How do I fix the Destination folder access denied error?
If you get this error message in your Windows 10 operating system it is usually followed by the message You’ll need to provide administrator permission to copy to this folder but if you click(left click) on the Continue box it will paste your data to that specific place. Seeing that it is quite annoying to click on Continue every time you copy/paste your data to the C: partition we will see below how to do a permanent fix on this.
1. Check your administrator rights
2. Check your program permissions
3. Use Command Prompt to take ownership of the drive
You can also use a quick CMD command to take ownership of the problematic files, folder or even drive. For example, here’s how you can take ownership of computer drives so that you can freely copy, move and change any files located on the respective drive: So there you have it, these three methods will help you fix the Destination folder access denied issue on Windows 10, 8 or 8.1. Now you can use your device freely without any limitations.
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