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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Error message: windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access this item

If you are getting error message "windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access this item" from windows operating system (any) when you are trying to install any software?

Solution for this problem is installation of Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration component. So un-install this component to avoid this error message.
  1. Go to Add/Remove programs
  2. Click on Add/Remove Windows Components
  3. Un-check "Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration" click next
  4. After uninstalling log off the user and log in again.