Access Denied using FIXBOOT

Make a bootable Windows 10 USB drive and then boot your computer using it. Then when you get the Welcome Screen to click on Next, and then click on Repair your computer on the bottom left portion of the window.
Next click on Troubleshoot. After that, select Advanced Options. And then, Command Prompt.

Once it opens, enter the following command it initiates DISKPART:

DISKPART

After that, execute this command:

LIST DISK

Now you need to select the boot drive. For that, type in:

 

SEL DISK #

You will have to now list all the volume and partitions. Execute this command:

LIST VOL

Select the EFI partition now:

SEL VOL #

Assign it a custom letter now by entering this:

ASSIGN LETTER=V:

Exit the DISKPART Utility by executing this command:

EXIT

Now, type in:

V:

Format the EFI Partition by entering this command:

format V: /FS:FAT32

Finally, execute this command to fix the boot settings:

bcdboot C:\Windows /s V: /f UEFI

Reboot your computer, and your error should have been fixed now.

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