Re: Locked out of my documents - Help please

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:31:06 -0700, Malke <malke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Yeah wrote:

You are right, I did only take ownership of the parent folder,
realised what I'd done and took ownership of sub folders individually.
Problem is I'm not familiar with Vista & don't know how to start
afresh as you suggest. Can you help.
Much appreciate your quick reply.

You don't need to start over. Just:

1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click
Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
3. Click Edit. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an
administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide
confirmation.
4. Click the name of the person you want to give ownership to.
5. If you want that person to be the owner of files and subfolders in this
folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
6. Click OK

#5 is key in your case.

Malke

Brilliant!!
Problem solved.
Thank you very much indeed.

Yeah
.

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