Windows 11 Error "It looks like you don't have permission to view this file. Check the permissions and try again." when trying to access photos on an hard drive.

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João Miguel Ferreira Costa

Hi.A couple of months ago I had to format my computer and before that I copied all my files to an external hard drive. Now, when I try to access the files I get a message saying that I don't have permission to open them. Specifically when trying to open pictures I get the message "It looks like you don't have permission to view this file. Check the permissions and try again.". Any way I can resolve this so that I don't miss everything I had on my computer?Thanks.

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