Hi, Has anyone experienced "You need permission to perform this action..." on a Windows folder on a shared drive in Windows 2008 R2? I first assigned a group (to which the users are members) with modify permissions, and then when that did not work, I assigned full control (with perms propagating all the way down); and I still got this error. Even as an administrator I was not able to create a simple folder on the folder (which is also subfolder of a share). If a user copies items from another location to this folder, the error still occurs. I've seen various articles about UAC etc, but I don't think this is applicable in this case... as these are non admins, and they have perms to this network folder. Very strange and I hav not encountered this in Windows 2003 environment - any ideas? Btw, this is in an RDS session on Windows 2008 R2 in 2008 AD... Really would appreciate a quick reply if anyone has encountered this issue...? TIA

Two things to check. You say that you have checked the permissions. Does this include the 'share' permission as well as the NTFS permissions:- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc726004.aspx Also, check the owner of the folder, and if necessary, take ownership of it:- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspxAlan Moseley

Hi Alan, You had just read my mind; i was wracking my brains and when I looked at share perms, it was only set to Read; I changed to RW, and I can could create files and folders once more - what a schoolboy error, but I don't recall this in 2003, where I set ppl with read share perms but NTFS perms different; unless I am being silly... But your first link addresses this! Thanks for the response!!

I'm afraid that the share permissions were definately present in 2003, and in 2000, and I think in NT (I haven't looked at one of those for a few years!). Never mind, glad you sorted it and that I was of some assistance.Alan Moseley

oh my word, it REALLY WAS a schoolboy error!I know that there were share perms, but I just didn't recall this behaviour...oh well... thanks for your help! need to brush up on those basics!