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Scenario description

Why is that when you open a flash drive in Windows 8, the error message "Access denied" appears? The flash drive can be accessed on other computers, but not on my own computer. How do you solve this issue?



Easy to get started 123

Firstly, please right-click the mouse on the flash drive icon, then click "Properties". 





Afterwards, please click "Security", click "Users", and then click "Edit".





Click "Users", then click "Add".





Next, please enter your user account name, then click "Check Names".





After verifying that your user account name is correct, please click "OK".








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