Re: Access Denied (cant view folders on D drive ??)

From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:39:38 -0400

In news:Transformer.1x29y5@pcbanter.net,
Transformer <Transformer.1x29y5@pcbanter.net> had this to say:

 My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> just reformated my C: drive and put WinXP Pro w/sp1 on there , but now
> some folders on my seperate hard-drive ( *D:* ) cannot be opened.
> Attempting to open folders on this extra hard-drive cause a message to
> prompt up which says:"* Acess Denied * " ('here is a link to the
> screen shot of this message' (http://tinyurl.com/9btuf))
>
> when i click on properties for any of these folders it says File-Size:
> 0KB, although i know the files are still there cuz the hard-drive size
> did not change.
>
> so i am wondering how to re-gain access to these folders, is it
> something with the administration settings?
>
> i just dont understand how something from the previous windows
> registry can effect a seperate hard-drive especially after doing a
> clean install ??
>
> any help you may have is greatly appreciated!
> thanx

You're probably looking to take ownership of those files:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421 

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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