Permission denied when i run the git status command on Git bash

Question

I just recently started started using git bash because i heard it is a very useful thing to know if your trying to get into software development. I am following a tutorial on You tube to learn this and i came across and error when i run the "git status" command on Git Bash. I am relatively new to this software so i don't know how to approach or resolve the problem.

This is the error message i get when i run the command on Git Bash:

$ git status warning: could not open directory 'Application Data/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'Cookies/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'Documents/My Music/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'Documents/My Pictures/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'Documents/My Videos/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'Local Settings/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'My Documents/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'NetHood/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'PrintHood/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'Recent/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'SendTo/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'Start Menu/': Permission denied warning: could not open directory 'Templates/': Permission denied On branch main

No commits yet

Untracked files: (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed) .bash_history .cisco/ .gitconfig .idlerc/ .ssh/ AppData/ Contacts/ Downloads/ Favorites/ Links/ Music/ NTUSER.DAT NTUSER.DAT{539d4566-25ef-11ee-98a1-d0395753b3fc}.TM.blf NTUSER.DAT{539d4566-25ef-11ee-98a1-d0395753b3fc}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms NTUSER.DAT{539d4566-25ef-11ee-98a1-d0395753b3fc}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms OneDrive/ PyCharm Community Edition 2023.3.2/ PycharmProjects/ Saved Games/ Searches/ Videos/ ntuser.dat.LOG1 ntuser.dat.LOG2 ntuser.ini readme.txt tim.py

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

I tried:

running the app as an administrator closing the window and reopening deleting the files i created through Git Bash and recreating them

This is what i was expecting:

Answer 1

run GitBash 'Run as administrator' or create a repository on Drive where you have full access