Cannot rotate the Photos! Help, please

I can't turn my photos.   I have most of my photos on external hard drives.  When I try to turn them (per click, open in paint or open them in Windows Photo Viewer) Windows 7 don't rotate.  Instead, I get an error message indicating that "you can not turn this image. The file may be used or open in another program, or the file or the folder may be read-only. "I tried to give my complete access to the user account on the external drive, and I also tried to score the file, the folder and the only readable drive.  He's going through and looks like it is something, but in the end, I always get the error message.  I can turn them if they are on the C: drive, but my C: drive is too small to hold my collection of photos...  Help!

I just installed Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, and I couldn't turn one of the photos on my internal hard drives. After clicking out of around, I realized what the problem was.

You must:

1. click on the start menu.
2. click on computer.
3. right click on the drive that gives you trouble.
4. Select Properties.
5. click on the Security tab.
6. click on the Edit button where it says "to change permissions, click on change."
7. in the "group or user names", click on the user you want to change. On my computer, I had to choose 'Users (computer-name\Users)' at the bottom of the list.
8. in the area 'Permissions for the users', click the checkbox to allow full control.
9. click on ok.

There are boxes popup telling you that it cannot change permissions on some files. Just click ok to continue.

Repeat these steps on each player that gives you bad.

Tags: Windows

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