Re: Shared Documents Folder renamed and unaccessible

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 12/01/03 

Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 16:41:41 +0100

Danny wrote:

> This is regarding Windows XP Pro.
>
> In My Computer there are several folders under "Files
> Stored on This Computer" one of them is "Shared
> Documents". I am not sure how this happened but for some
> reason this folder got renamed "Documents" and I cannot
> access it even with Administrator privileges. This
> happened once before and logging out solved the problem
> (the folder was again named "Shared Documents" but now it
> happened again and logging out or restarting doesn't
> help. The folder is named "Documents" for all users of
> the computer and is not accessible to anyone.

Hi

Try to take ownership and see if it helps:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421 

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

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