Re: Help! Help! with folder access, I can't get into the folder.

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 01/27/03


From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 18:12:31 -0700


You need as an admin to take ownership of the folder
as it has no permissions granted to any account of the
new install.

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Roger Abell
MS MVP (Security, Windows), MCDBA,  MCSE both
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Daniel E Kivatinos" <danielkivatinos@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eg7DIBWxCHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP11...
> Hi All,
>
> I am having problems accessing a folder. What I did is I had right clicked
> on the folder, then clicked on "Properties". I selected the tab for
Sharing,
> after that, I checked the check box "Make this folder private". The
problem
> is I had reformated the drive that had the OS on it and I can't access
that
> folder anymore due to what I had done. My question is how do I get back
into
> the folder. Nothing I do gives me access. Please e-mail me at
> danielkivatinos@yahoo.com. Thank you for all the help.
>
> Dan
>
> P.S.: I am using a NTFS file system with XP Pro.
>
>


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