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Lock over icons

Hello,

Since I ran Check Disk on my external harddisk there are little lock icons over my file icons
Here's an example:

What does it mean?
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Hi The-Lion,


The lock on the files and folders may appear if you have bitlocker enabled on the drive. It may also resemble that the UAC is active and folders or files can only be accessed using the administrator access. You may refer to the below links –

What is User Account Control -
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/What-is-User-Account-Control

File Sharing Essentials-
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/File-sharing-essentials


You may also refer to the post of “Darian Knight Saturday, January 02, 2010 12:35 AM” in the below link-

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprosecurity/thread/e6e585dc-c685-4e2f-8c62-db2f762ab056

 

Hope this helps. Let us know the results.
Thanks,
Meghmala – Microsoft Support

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