Re: Cannot take ownership of a folder

Chas Large wrote:

> Hi Roger,
> Thanks for responding.
> 
> I guess saying I have tried everything is a bit vague, sorry.
> 
> If I try any of the following:
> Open Folder, Delete Folder
> I get a security message:
> D:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\RestoredFolder
> is not accessible
> Access is denied
> 
> I can access Folders 1,2 & 3 OK.
> 
> If I Right click, select Sharing & Security, Security tab I get the
> error message:
> Security
> You do not have permission to view or edit the current permission
> settings for RestoredFolder, but you can take ownership or change
> Audit settings.
> 
> I then click - Advanced - Owner
> Listed is
> Administrator (mydomain\Administrator)
> Administrators (mydomain\Administrators)
> 
> I then tick the box "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" - OK
> - OK the dialogs close but still access is denied.
> 
> If I come back to this point and click Other Users or Groups
> Enter another user or Group for example:
> IanLarge (IanLarge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> 
> Click OK - Apply I get the message:
> Security
> If you have just taken ownership of this object, you will need to
> close and reopen this object's properties before you can view or
> change permissions. OK
> 
> I click OK - OK - OK dialogs close.
> 
> I go back and still get the same errors and the only listed owners are
> the Administrator(s) as above.
> 
> I am logged in as the Administrator.
> 
> I have tried this with different accoounts.
> 
> I don't know what else I can do...
> 
Mr. Abell may have a better idea for you, but one way to get the data
would be to boot the computer with Knoppix, which will not recognize
the NT permissions. Copy the data to a usb key or a cd-r and from there
you should be able to transfer it to a different location on your
Windows machine. This doesn't help you delete the folder, since Knoppix
won't write to NTFS.

Another approach would be to boot with either a Bart's PE or ERD
Commander and work with the folder from there. ERD Commander is very
expensive, but I believe they have an emergency version available for
download.

Malke
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