Re: Folders security, permissions

From: Gordon (me6_at_privacy.net)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:31:55 +0100

"Peter" <edwardw@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in message
news:232ad01c45e1f$aa8dbfb0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I just re installed XP home edition on my computer. I
> have an extra hard drive that I copied my files onto. It
> is an NTFS drive. I can browse the files on this drive
> (d:) however some of the folders and files won't open,
> with the messege "access denied." I have done the
> startup in safe mode and set the security
> to "Everyone" "Administrator" and "Administrators."
> However, sometimes i can open some of the files, yet
> other folders on this drive won't let me access the
> files. Is there any way to simply remove all of this
> permission nonsense? I am the only person using this
> computer, my login has Administrator rights, yet i'm
> having a ton of trouble gaining access to my old files on
> the d: drive. Any help or advice is appreciated!
>
> -Pete

Look in Help and Support for "Taking Ownership" of files and folders

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