I am having difficulty with copying, moving, or deleting files and folders on Windows 7. When I try to perform these operations, I succeed initially. But, then, I reach a point when I get a message saying that I don't have sufficient permission to perform the operation. I have to reboot the machine to get my privilege back to do anything with that file or folder again.

Does this happen if you do not install any anti-virus or other 3rd party security software? Did it happen immediately after installation of the operating system only, or later when you installed applications. Is this an upgrade or a clean install?Ned Pyle [MSFT] - MS Enterprise Platforms Support - Beta Team

Are the files that remain .exe files? I'm asking because I am constantly getting inaccessible .exe files, and so are quite a few other people, who have started several threads about this problem, with no solution being posted. If it's also non .exe files, it might be unrelated, disregard my post then.

Ned Pyle [MSFT] said: Does this happen if you do not install any anti-virus or other 3rd party security software? Did it happen immediately after installation of the operating system only, or later when you installed applications. Is this an upgrade or a clean install?Ned Pyle [MSFT] - MS Enterprise Platforms Support - Beta TeamHi, Ned. This is a clean install, reformatted partition. I can't really answer your other question since the very first thing I did before sitting down to reorganize my system was install anti-virus and firewall.

Xerion404 said:Are the files that remain .exe files? I'm asking because I am constantly getting inaccessible .exe files, and so are quite a few other people, who have started several threads about this problem, with no solution being posted. If it's also non .exe files, it might be unrelated, disregard my post then. Hi Xerion404, it does happen a lot when an exe file is involved, but not exclusively.

Coul you (temporarily) uninstall your anti-virus software? Disabling is not enough, would need to see a test with it completely removed so what no file system filter drivers are installed.Ned Pyle [MSFT] - MS Enterprise Platforms Support - Beta Team