Re: Access Denied to user folder after opsys reinstall XP Home Edition

From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:17:52 -0600

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp

"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810881&Product=winxp 

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"jrhizor" wrote:
| I reinstalled the XP home from my partitioned drive that was shipped with my 
| new HP, and as it installed it backed up the users data. After the install I 
| went to the windows explorer and clicked on my old user and it said access 
| denied. I logged in as admin and got the same message. My user was password 
| protected and had been checked as private. Now the folder sits in on the 
| c:drive with all of my personal docs inside, but I cannot access the folder. 
| Is there a way to restore the user, or login in to it? The old users that 
| were not password protected could be accessed and I copied their datafiles 
| into the new users I created for them, I just can't access my own stuff and 
| copy to my new user. This leaves me with a folder that will never be 
| accessable and drive space that cannot be recovered as well as a loss of all 
| my business databases.

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