|:| |:| having trouble getting access to a folder called documents and
|:| settings\owner <SNIP> I managed to take ownership of the folder
|:| itself and can see the sub folders but am unable to take ownership
|:| of them. <SNIP> is it possible to [take ownership of the sub
|:| folders] in one go with out having to go through the dozens of
|:| subfolders and take ownership of each individually??? <SNIP>
|: "Carrie Garth" <
[email protected]>
|: wrote in message |: Click to select the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects"
|: <SNIP> [see] KB308421<SNIP>
| message | thanks carrie,
| i reset the permissions but there are many files that were either
| encrypted or hidden that are now not accessible
| wondering if there are tools around that will enable these files to
| be made visible???.......there are shortcuts in the recent folder
| that once pointed to my documnets but are now dead links eg there is
| a bunch of stuff in my documents that is now not accessible/invisble
| any further tips
Are you certain that just because there are "shortcuts in the recent
folder" that are "now dead links" "there are many files that were
either encrypted or hidden". IMO a more likely explanation is that
the documents were deleted or (if the storage volume is not NTFS)
renamed or moved.
Keep in mind...
- If the shortcut in the Recent Folder has a Target that points to an
encrypted file, when you double-click the shortcut the document will
either open (if you are an authorized users or a designated data
recovery agent) or you will get an "Access is denied" popup message
(if you are not authorized).
- If the shortcut in the Recent Folder has a Target that points to a
hidden file, when you double-click the shortcut the document will open
regardless of your Explorer View settings.
- If the shortcut in the Recent Folder has a Target that points to
any file (regardless of attributes) that has been deleted, when you
double-click the shortcut the "Missing Shortcut" and/or "Problem
with Shortcut" dialog pops up telling you as much and asking you
if you want to delete the shortcut.
- If the shortcut in the Recent Folder has a Target that points to any
file (regardless of attributes) that has been renamed or moved, and if
the file is stored on a partition formatted with NTFS, the Distributed
Link Tracking Client service will probably find it and you will see
the same behavior as given in the first two explanations above.
- The shortcuts in the C:\Documents and Settings\owner\Recent folder
are shortcuts to all the documents that have been accessed since the
last time someone manually deleted the shortcuts (which may have been
never or long ago).
To try and find the files you could log on a "The Administrator" of
the computer (the default Administrator account that was created when
the OS was installed). And use Folder Options to configure your
computer to display hidden and system files, and file name extensions,
by following the steps outlined in the Help and Support Center topic
named "To display hidden files and folders". Then...
You could use Explorer to navigate to the Windows Recycle Bin (or, if
applicable, any Recycle Bin used by third-party software such as
"Norton Protected Recycle Bin") and search through the files there.
You could use Explorer to navigate to the C:\Documents and
Settings\owner\Recent folder. Then select to View | Details. Then
select to view the column named "Comments". Then click the
Comments column to sort by Location. Then try to find the
Targets to the shortcuts by using Windows Explorer to browse
through the Location folders.
You could use the Search Companion to search the entire hard drive for
saved file fragments by entering the following in the "All or part of
a file name": *.chk
You could use the Search Companion to search storage locations for the
extension types found in the Recent Folder. For example:
All or part of a file name: *.txt, *.rtf, *.csv, *.pdf
Look in: C:\Docume~1\owner; C:\Temp; C:\RECYCLER; C:\WINDOWS\Temp
Some other common extensions you may want to search for are:
Some Microsoft Office extensions:
*.mdb, *.xls, *.xlc, *.msg, *.pst, *. doc, *.dot, *.ppt, *.pot, *.pps,
*.obd *.obt
Some "Internet file type" extensions:
*.htm, *.html, *.mht, *.mhtml, *.eml, *.nws
Some Audio extensions:
*.aif, *.aifc, *.aiff, *. au, *.snd, *. m3u, *. mid, *.midi,*. mp3,
*.wav, *. wax, *. wma, *.rmi,
Some Video extensions:
*. asf, *.asx, *.wm, *.wmx, *. avi, *. ivf, *. mov, *.qt, *.mpeg,
*.mpg, *.mpe, *.mpv, *.m1v, *.mp2, *.mpa, *.mpv2, *.mp2v,
*. wmp, *.wmv, *. wvx
BTW, you can search for all hidden and encrypted files in \Documents
and Settings\owner by using the following procedure. Note: If the
username is not really owner replace the word owner (found in the
script below) with the actual name.
- Copy the script below and paste it into Notepad.
- Save the file with the filename C:\HiddenEncrypt.vbs
- Open the command prompt (cmd.exe) to C:\
- Type the following command and press enter:
cscript HiddenEncrypt.vbs > HiddenEncrypt.txt
- When the command prompt returns you will find the
HiddenEncrypt.txt file in the C:\ folder with a list of all hidden and
encrypted files stored in the C:\Documents and Settings\owner folder
=== Script begins below this line ====
sComputer = "." ' use "." for local computer
Set oWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & sComputer & "\root\cimv2")
sWQL = "select Name from cim_datafile where Path = '\\DOCUME~1\\owner\\'" _
& "AND (Hidden=True OR Encrypted=True)"
Set oResult = oWMI.ExecQuery(sWQL,,48)
For Each oFile In oResult
WScript.Echo oFile.Name
Next
=== Script ends above this line ====
Thanks to Torgeir for posting the message referenced below, which is
where I got the above script (which I modified slightly).
Google Groups URL to original thread:
http://www.google.com/groups?&[email protected]
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From: "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <
[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 09:10 PM
Subject: Re: How can I list every file in an NTFS FS that has been
compresed ?
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