title: Restore Backup Access Denied
body: <p>I'm trying to restore a backup from a <code>.bak</code> file to a local database server and keep getting the error message.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch.(Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)<br>
    Cannot open backup device 'C:\Clients\SQLitis\jMKZ.bak'. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.).<br>
    RESTORE HEADERONLY is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3201)</p>
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  <p>No idea where to even start troubleshooting this. I'm on an administrator account and have full privileges so there shouldn't be anything to deny me doing this but I'm still getting the error message.</p>