Re: Accessing documents under old user accounts
From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 07/13/05
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:18:37 -0600
Take Ownership, #9 on this link:
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-- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org "pking" <pking@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:55712C00-F4C9-4C60-AD9A-611795AF7B23@microsoft.com... > Recently my computer was infected by a worm that ate up my system > resources. > I was not able to restore the system back to a previous state, nor was I > able > to back-up my documents, so I was forced to reinstall Windows XP > Professional > version 2002 and all of my other applications. A new Active Directory was > created, giving me new user accounts, even though I used the same user > names > that had been created under the old installation. Under one of the old > user > accounts, I had a folder that was password protected, and it contained > several important documents. Since the new Active Directory does not > recognize that old user folder, I can not gain access to the folder to > retrieve the files, even when logged on as the administrator. I get an > error > message that reads: > "C:\Documents and Settings\P\My Documents\P is not accessible. Access is > denied." > > Is there any way to unlock that folder so that I can access my documents? >
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