Re: Access Private Folder?

From: Sharon (SmallWonderREMOVE@THISmsn.com)
Date: 06/20/02


From: "Sharon" <SmallWonderREMOVE@THISmsn.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 14:08:25 -0500


Take a look at topic "ownership" in the Help and Support topic. You will
need to take ownership of the folder (and apply that permission to all of
the folder contents) to be able to access those files again.

~Sharon

 FlyerzFan1012 <flyerzfan1012@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I had some problems with my computer and had to reinstall
> Windows XP, so now I'm trying to recover my old files.
> However, I had made them private, and being as when I
> reinstalled it, the user names were deleted, I have no
> way to access that folder that I know of... If I try to
> open it, it says access denied. I am the computer
> administrator, so there must be some way to access it..
> Anyone know how?
>
> Thanks.



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