Elements 12: Watch Folder service: Access Denied

Question

When trying to add a folder to the Watch Folder service, I receive the following error;
           The Watch Folder service returned an error:  Access is denied.
My suspicions are that this may somehow be related to Google Drive.   I'm working with folders directly on my hard drive (C:) and am the administrator and show ownership of all the folders I wish to watch.  The 'My Pictures' folder is a sub folder of my Google Drive folder.  I can watch the Google Drive folder but any sub folder returns the error.  Also not all the My Pictures sub folders are visible.  Any other folder on my Drive C: or Drive D: I'm able to watch without problem.  Has anyone else experienced this issue?  The Google Drive may, however, just be a red herring.  The problem may well lie elsewhere.
Running;
Adobe Photoshop Elements 12
Windows 8.1

Answer 1

Hi,
First of all, please see that you have administrator priviliges because such message may appear when you are trying to access any folder that require Administrator priviliges but you donot have one.
If this is the case, please try running Elements as Run As Administrator.
Otherwise, please give this a try:
Go to the Control Panel and open Services. Select Adobe Active File Monitor V6 and click the Properties button. On the Logon tab, change to “This account” and enter your account name and password.
Thanks,
Anwesha