Re: Folder permissions

dan wrote:
I just had to take a hard drive out of a broken XP machine and installed it into a working XP machine. Problem is I cannot get into my C:\documents and settings\myfolder

I had a password on my folder. I know about ownership in a domain but this is a stand alone computer not connected to a domain.

Any ideas??

You still need to take ownership of the files.

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? - http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm


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