Thanks for the earlier support. Just wanted to post a quick update in case anyone else runs into a similar situation. ✅ Issue: I was unable to access my D:\ drive via File Explorer due to what seemed like permission issues, but I was able to access the drive through CLI (PowerShell). Running Get-Acl on the drive showed that the owner and permissions seemed okay, but Explorer still denied access. ✅ Solution: Turns out, the permissions were either incomplete or not properly recognized by File Explorer. I resolved the issue using the following PowerShell command:   powershell   icacls D:\ /grant "*YourUsernameHere*:(OI)(CI)F" /T 📌 Replace *YourUsernameHere* with your actual Windows username. This command grants Full Control recursively (/T) for all files and folders inside D:\, ensuring proper access. After running this, I was able to access the drive in File Explorer without any problems. 🔍 Note: To audit how the permissions may have changed, you can enable Object Access Auditing using auditpol and review Event ID 4670 in Event Viewer > Windows Logs > Security. Possible Correlation with Splunk Enterprise Installation After reflecting on the issue, I suspect that this might have occurred right after installing Splunk Enterprise. While I could be mistaken, it would be great if the Splunk team could check on this to ensure it doesn’t affect others in the future. I hope this helps anyone facing a similar issue, and I look forward to any additional insights or suggestions from the community. ... View more

Hi, I understand your point, but I’d like to clarify a few things from my side. The issue with my D:\ drive started immediately after installing Splunk Enterprise — just before the installation, I had accessed the drive without any problems. There are no EDR or third-party security solutions installed on my system, so that can be ruled out. Although the Splunk installation process appeared to complete, I can’t find it anywhere on the system — not in the Control Panel, not in the installation directory, and there’s no desktop shortcut either. It seems like something went wrong during the install, and I strongly suspect that’s what caused the issue with my drive. Appreciate your input, and I’m open to any suggestions that could help further. ... View more

Hi, In Disk Management, the drive is showing as Healthy and the drive letter is assigned correctly. However, I'm still unable to access the drive — it continues to show the same error when I try to open it. I'm attaching the exact error message that appears when attempting to open the D:\ drive for your reference. I have also tried running the chkdsk 😧 /f /r command. It completed successfully, but unfortunately, the issue still persists. Would appreciate any further suggestions. Thanks!   ... View more