The main types of messages "Windows cannot access..." and methods of Troubleshooting

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The Situation when you try to open some file or folder, when you set a document to print, or even when you run a specific application, the system issues a message stating that Windows cannot obtain access to the requested object are quite common. As to eliminate such problems, then it all depends on the root cause described in the message. Consider a few basic options staffing situations and solutions that can fix them.

Options message "Windows cannot access…”

Notification of errors of this type can be found a few. It all depends on what kind of process needs to be performed at this time.

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The Main kinds of errors related to lack of access, is considered to be such:

  • Files and folders.
  • Devices (including network);
  • Virtual drivers.
  • The Windows service.

Problems with files and directories

Surely each user is faced with a situation where a message indicating that Windows cannot access the file, folder or specified path appears when you attempt to open such objects.

This system strongly recommends that you check the full path. Salt here is that sometimes even after deleting files and directories can be displayed in “Explorer” or “Desktop”, although it is actually in the file system they are not. In this situation, you should just verify whether or not the specified object using the properties on the object or the label. It is best to restart. It is possible that such files and folders are remnants from deleted programs, which will be destroyed after a restart.

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If the files exist but access to them is locked, you must log on under the administrator account or create a new one with the appropriate rights. In some cases, helps provide full access via the property menu of a file or directory.

failed to access the windows service

If the file is locked at the system level, properties could be a release button that must be pressed.

What to do with the lack of access to devices?

One of the most common notification is a message stating that Windows cannot access the specified device. It often concerns not the internal "stuffing" of the computer and peripheral devices (printers, faxes, scanners, USB drives, etc.).

The Simplest way out of this situation will be a normal update or reinstall the correct driver. For USB devices may require re-installation of the drivers for the USB controllers.

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In the case of network devices should be to produce them reconnect and choose the periphery not from the list, and to register the network address and the names under which they identifitseerida in the Network manually. Equally, by the way, this also applies to network shares.

Sometimes the message that Windows cannot access the device, which may refer to some virtual components. For example, very often the music sequencers used a driver package ASIO4ALL, which is in the system identificireba not as a driver, namely as a virtual appliance.

to access the windows installer service

Equally, this corresponds to the virtual host of programs that can serve as bridges to connect additional plug-ins or interaction of different software, between not directly connected (for example, FL Studio ReWire).

Advanced settings to access the network resources

If the problems consist in the interaction of computers connected in a local or virtual network, most often a root cause of call included password access. Unplug it and look at the behavior of the terminals.

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But one of the most effective solutions is to disable the use of IPv6 in the network adapter properties. While in the advanced IPv4 settings on the WINS tab, you need to install a dynamic IP forwarding, static and when the – enable the option enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

In addition, to exclude spontaneous appearance of virtual adapters 6to4 in the shell, you must run the string netsh in 6to4 set state disable, removing all such devices in the relevant Manager and perform a full reboot of the system.

Unable to access Windows installer: how to fix the problem?

Finally, one of the biggest problems relates to situations where the user cannot install any software. The system consistently reports that it cannot access the Windows installer service.

windows not to access the specified device

What could this mean? Only that the service behaves unpredictably or she is in a disconnected state (second more likely). The fix is to usethe respective section (services.msc), to enter into the service settings and edit the start options. Manual startup type by default, you can leave, although there is nothing wrong if it is switched to the auto mode. Next you need to start the service by clicking the appropriate button. A reboot is not required.

If this does not work and the system will report that failed to access the Windows service for the procedure on how to install programs or even by automatic integration into the system of important updates to the service itself, you can perform re-registration, writing this two lines in the shell that is running with administrator privileges:

  • Msiexec /unregister;
  • Msiexec /register.

Instead of an epilogue

Finally it remains to add that this is not all situations where errors can occur of this kind, and only the most basic. And the appearance of failures in each case it is necessary to take an appropriate decision methodology Troubleshooting based on the error description.


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