No Permission to Access Items in Folder

I had the nice people at the apple store transfer my files from my old mac to my new one, but now when I go to the folder where they put all the transferred data, there is a little "do not enter" sign on the bottom right of the icon. When I try to open the folders, I get a notice saying "The folder (folder name) can't be opened because you don't have permission to see its contents". Please help! I can't seem to figure it out.

If I go into the Finder in the Macintosh HD, into the Users folder, they have transferred the files into one folder called "transfer". If I click on the "transfer" folder, the folders with music, movies, documents etc. cannot be accessed.

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Hello Curly59,
''"do you want to replace the newer version that is already installed with this older one?" ''
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Hi
Some required information are needed for us to help you.
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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa983433%28v=vs.90%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
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