Problem When trying to access a hard drive you notice that it’s icon has a locked padlock on it. Right clicking the drive and selecting ‘Get Info’ displays the permissions as Custom. Attempting to change them may have no effect. Solution Choose a solution by selecting a tab below: Step By Step Press cmd +… Continue reading Hard drive appears as locked on Mac
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Files have a padlock icon on them in Windows 7
Problem You may experience that your files have a padlock icon although they still open without error. Solution To remove the lock icon: Go to C:\Users (Assuming Windows is installed on your C: drive) Right click on the folder with your username and click Properties. Click the Security tab. Click Edit. Click Add. In the… Continue reading Files have a padlock icon on them in Windows 7