access denied message on usb flash drive

[heroeoz]

I have a usb flash drive and when i try to open it, it show me this message, access denied. I'm using windows 7.

[Nepomuk]

Hi heroeoz and welcome to bytes.com!

I've never experienced this problem myself, but it seems other people have. For example, I found a pretty lengthy discussion about this problem on this Microsoft technet page. The solution that looks most promising to me is the following:

1. Search for "cmd" in the start menu
2. Right click on cmd.exe and choose Run as Administrator
3. Selected the drive in question i.e. if it is E type: "e:" and press enter
4. Make sure you're in the root directory, so the displayed path should be "E:\" for drive E.
   If this is not the case, type: "cd \" and press enter
5. Type: "takeown /f * /r"

After these steps, the drive should be accessible again.

[buy phone]

There could be many reasons:
USB driver not installed properly
You do not have admin privilege.
Administrator has blocked access to USB, etc.