{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pbatard/rufus/issues/623","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pbatard/rufus/issues/623/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pbatard/rufus/issues/623/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pbatard/rufus/issues/623/events","html_url":"https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues/623","id":112019152,"number":623,"title":"Access denied(rufus 2.4)","user":{"login":"cmiuc","id":1008419,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1008419?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc","html_url":"https://github.com/cmiuc","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cmiuc/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-10-18T13:08:06Z","updated_at":"2015-10-18T13:44:57Z","closed_at":"2015-10-18T13:44:57Z","body":"Seen many had issues without real info... other than mistakes.\r\n\r\nI tried it on 2 computers(windows 10 x32 and x64)  same issue.  using windows defender and windows firewall...so not big issue with 3rd party.\r\n\r\nworks sometimes and most times not... only way to get around it is to start the computer in safemode and run rufus and create my UEFI usb.  So something in windows is blocking access to the physical drive\r\n\r\nmy log in part\r\nFormat operation started\r\nRequesting disk access...\r\nOpened drive \\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE1 for write access\r\nCould not get exclusive access to device \\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE1: [0x00000005] Access is denied.\r\n\r\nFound USB 2.0 device 'Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 USB Device' (0930:6544)\r\n1 device found\r\nDisk type: Removable, Sector Size: 512 bytes\r\nCylinders: 942, TracksPerCylinder: 255, SectorsPerTrack: 63\r\nPartition type: MBR, NB Partitions: 1\r\nDisk ID: 0x00358981\r\nDrive has a Rufus Master Boot Record\r\nPartition 1:\r\n  Type: NTFS (0x07)\r\n  Size: 7.2 GB (7755038720 bytes)\r\n  Start Sector: 2048, Boot: Yes, Recognized: Yes\r\n\r\nif any clues, please let me know. thanks!"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pbatard/rufus/issues/comments/149017792","html_url":"https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues/623#issuecomment-149017792","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pbatard/rufus/issues/623","id":149017792,"user":{"login":"pbatard","id":1206968,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1206968?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard","html_url":"https://github.com/pbatard","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pbatard/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-18T13:44:57Z","updated_at":"2015-10-18T13:44:57Z","body":"Duplicate of #605. This is a pure Microsoft issue with the Windows insider builds."}}