Re: Folder Not Accessible to Administrator?!

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 07/16/04


Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:38:53 -0500

Byron Bowerman wrote:
> I have a removable USB hard drive that is normaly connected to my
> laptop (winxp home). My user profile is on one of the 4 partitions on
> that drive. Right now my laptop isn't working, and I moved the drive
> over to my desktop which is running XP Pro, but I can't access the
> files in that directory. I have spent almost 2 weeks messing around
> with user, group, and security settings, with NO luck. It doesn't
> matter if I log in as a user or as the administrator, it always tells
> me f:\documents and settings\%myusername% is not accessible. Access
> is denied. What do I have to do to gain access to this directory? (My
> account name and password are the same for both computers, and I have
> administrator privelages on both computers.)

2 Weeks?
In that time, did you ever take ownership?

As long as EFS is not involved:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307874

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