Does not let me unblock file!

Question

_{Sunday, February 14, 2016 2:42 AM | 2 votes}

Hey there, i have been trying to unblock a file and it doesn't let me. I'm the administrator of the computer. When i click unblock, it wants administrator rights. I click yes and it says " An error occurred while applying attributes to the file. An assertion failure has occurred. "

How do i solve this?

All replies (6)

_{Sunday, February 14, 2016 5:52 PM ✅Answered}

This could be caused by issues with file permissions on the file. Right click the file choose Properties, go to the Security tab (compare that to another file). This link "Access Denied" or other errors when you access or work with files and folders in Windows give further information on setting the permissions on the file. See if that helps.

_{Thursday, April 14, 2016 8:32 PM ✅Answered | 14 votes}

Make sure the file does not have "Read-only" attribute set

_{Tuesday, February 16, 2016 6:32 AM}

Hi Wamic Murshed,

Did the issue occur with all the files or just the specific one?

If the issue occurred with the specific file, we could refer to -Mr Happy-`s suggestion to modify the "Security" properties of the specific and assign full control of the file.

If the issue occurred with all the files, please try to login with another administrator or create a new administrator to have a troubleshoot.
In case those files are blocked, please turn off the antivirus temporarily and restart the machine to have a troubleshoot.

Best regards

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_{Sunday, August 7, 2016 12:55 PM}

Thanks Worked like a Charm :)

Poma

_{Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:32 PM | 1 vote}

Make sure the file does not have "Read-only" attribute set

this is the real answer

_{Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:21 AM}

Make sure the file does not have "Read-only" attribute set

This helped. Thank you.