'Access denied' after drag/drop on desktop folders?

From: John C (jcroston@hotmail.com)
Date: 07/24/02


From: "John C" <jcroston@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:41:20 -0700


Doh, It's ok, fixed it. security tab.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I'm running XP Pro as admin. If I drag and drop files
>between folders, especially on the desktop, some
>(randomly, it seems) then refuse me access and I get
>an 'Access denied' box.
>
>I now have up to 2GB of files I can't do anything with!
>
>A reinstall didn't help.
>
>TIA
>
>John.
>.
>



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