1) Right-click the folder or drive that has a lock icon and select “Properties”.

2) Click on the “Security” tab, then select “Edit…” to change permissions. Click “Add..”

3) In the text field for “Object Name”, enter in “Users” (without quotations). Hit “OK”.

4) “Apply”, “OK”, and voila, the padlock next to the icons should be gone.

• Proposed As Answer by PDrummond Friday, April 27, 2012 4:32 PM