We also included the Registry Editor method since Windows Home edition users will not have the Local Group Policy Editor on their systems.
Customizing Access Denied Message
The default access denied message will just hint about why the user can not access the program or folder. However, the owner can further provide additional text and assistance link to the access denied message. By doing this you can let the user know who they should contact and why the access is not allowed in your own words. It also provides additional options for the access denied message that users can use to help the standard users. The following setting used in the below methods is supported on at least Windows 8, Windows RT, or Windows Server 2012.
Method 1: Customizing Access Denied Message by Using Group Policy Editor
The setting with all the options already available is in the Local Group Policy Editor. Users can just open it and modify the settings according to their needs. The customized message can be written any way the users want it to be. Follow the below steps to configure this setting: If your system doesn’t have the Local Group Policy Editor, then skip to method 2 directly.
Method 2: Customizing Access Denied Message by Using Registry Editor
This customization comes with a number of additional options. All the options were already available in the Local Group Policy Editor; however, they are not already existing in the Registry Editor. Therefore, users need to create each value by themselves to set it up. There are many additional options, so each one will require a specific value and value data for it. Follow the below steps to check it out: Note: The value data 1 in the following steps is for Enabled/True Value and 0 is for Disabled/False Value. So set the value according to your needs by reading the steps.
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