Access Denied

message from =?Utf-8?B?U2NvdHQgU3V0dG9u?= on 1 Jun 2004

Cannot "COPY" "file name" :access denied.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

I also get this error if I try and MOVE or DELETE the files.

I tried to turn off the thumbnail cashe. I also started in safe mode and tried to reassign the permissions. It does seem that the problem lies with permissions. If I click on properties of the new folder where the corrupted files are located the attributes box "READ-ONLY" is a solid square, not checked and not uncheck, but solid. But even the safe mode reassigning of properties didn' help.

I also ran a demo version of BADCOPY PRO on the files and it said they were not recoverable.

Thanks.

roger replied to =?Utf-8?B?U2NvdHQgU3V0dG9u?= on 01 Jun 2004

Hi,

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

For this you need to boot in safe mode in XP Home and in XP Pro
disable simple file sharing in Windows Explorer > Folder Options >
View tab.

Good luck

=?Utf-8?B?ZGl2YWthcnRhbmRvbg==?= replied to =?Utf-8?B?U2NvdHQgU3V0dG9u?= on 1 Jun 2004

Try to take ownership of the folder.

Archived message: Access Denied (Microsoft WinXP)