Full Version: Problem With Rescuing Some Files.
Hiya. I'm trying to rescue files from the family computer, which just died (motherboard is shot). I took out the HDD and have it set as a slave to my personal comp, and I was able to extract most of my family's files from their respective "My Documents" folders. However, one of the accounts had the My Documents folder set to private. This presents a sort of problem, because I can't copy, cut, move, or open any of the files that she wants rescued. I can enter the private folders, but if I try anything with the files it gives me the "Access Denied: Make sure the drive is not full or write-protected and the file is not in use" message. It seems that there's no way to un-privatize those folders, and I can't put it back in the other computer. What can I do to circumvent the denial of access problem? Any help appreciated, thanks!
There's a way 
, How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
Louis
, How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421 Louis
uumm....
afaik, when the documents folder is set to private, its set to private
that means no external acces from anywhere but the account that its locked to...
otherwise - download and get going a copy of UBCD (http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/) or alternatly, recovery console.
boot into it, load up cmd:
(where x is, replace with your drive letter, also assumes you use the administrator account)
cd x:\documents and settings\user
cacls "my documents" /g administrator:f
of course if u cant get into the users folder, make it cacls user /g administrator:f
as i said, im pretty sure that if its private, it is really private...
afaik, when the documents folder is set to private, its set to private
that means no external acces from anywhere but the account that its locked to...
otherwise - download and get going a copy of UBCD (http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/) or alternatly, recovery console.
boot into it, load up cmd:
(where x is, replace with your drive letter, also assumes you use the administrator account)
cd x:\documents and settings\user
cacls "my documents" /g administrator:f
of course if u cant get into the users folder, make it cacls user /g administrator:f
as i said, im pretty sure that if its private, it is really private...
Thanks a ton Hamluis, It worked like a charm!
And Tristan, I have the drive from the broken computer hooked up a slave, so it's basically functioning like a giant flash drive. The OS boots from the main HDD, so I can't log into the accounts from the slave HDD. And surprisingly enough, that help file made it really easy to get into things that it says I shouldn't. It's just a matter of having an administrator account and reassigning who has what rights to what files. Thanks for the suggestion anyway!
And Tristan, I have the drive from the broken computer hooked up a slave, so it's basically functioning like a giant flash drive. The OS boots from the main HDD, so I can't log into the accounts from the slave HDD. And surprisingly enough, that help file made it really easy to get into things that it says I shouldn't. It's just a matter of having an administrator account and reassigning who has what rights to what files. Thanks for the suggestion anyway!
Happy computing .
Louis
.Louis
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