Explorer replacement that shows everything on drive?

[Tom Ponta]

I have Vista Home Premium with SP2 installed. Can someone recommend an
Explorer type file manager that will display absolutely everything on a
drive? By that I mean every last file, regardless of whether the powers
that be feel I need to see them or not.

Thanx:

Buddha

 

[Tom Ponta]

I already have that option set as suggested. I still get "Access Denied" on
some folders. I do not want to be denied access to anything on my own PC in
my own living room.

Buddha

 

[Tom Ponta]

Since I am the sole owner and user of this system, who do I need permission
from to work with anything on it? I had hoped that disabling UAC (a feature
of Vista I frankly despise) would do away with these hassles. I've used
every Windows version ever released, and DOS before that as far back as DOS
1.2, and I don't need some designer at MS protecting me from myself by
denying me access to any part of my system.

Thanx for your help, Dave:

Buddha

 

[Tom Ponta]

You certainly have that right. They never have in the past, why start now.

Buddha

 

[Michal Kawecki]

Dnia Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:23:27 -0700, Tom Ponta napisa³(a):

I have Vista Home Premium with SP2 installed. Can someone recommend an
Explorer type file manager that will display absolutely everything on a
drive? By that I mean every last file, regardless of whether the powers
that be feel I need to see them or not.

Just one example: Total Commander, if you run it as SYSTEM user with
psexec.exe from Sysinternals.

Links:
http://www.ghisler.com/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

Since I am the sole owner and user of this system, who do I need
permission from to work with anything on it? I had hoped that disabling
UAC (a feature of Vista I frankly despise) would do away with these
hassles. I've used every Windows version ever released, and DOS before
that as far back as DOS 1.2, and I don't need some designer at MS
protecting me from myself by denying me access to any part of my system.

Thanx for your help, Dave:

Buddha

Since you know DOS you should be familiar with ATTRIB which will give you access to the files you are having
issues with.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Buddha.

Not an "Explorer replacement" - maybe a predecessor. ;^}

Dir C:\ /s/a

in a Administrator:Command Prompt window. What many of us still call a "DOS
window", even though we know better. In this "elevated" window, every
command and application Runs as Administrator. The good old Dir command
with the /a switch to show ALL files, including those with attributes (like
Hidden and System), and the /s switch to show files in subdirectories - the
entire directory tree. And, since Dir C:\ starts in the Root of C:, it
means EVERY file in that volume. Just be warned: With today's humongous
drives, a list of all files (like the many small .eml and .nws files in
WLM's Message Store) can take a loooong time. But you can always use
<Ctrl>+C to stop. Remember?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2010 (15.3.2804.0607) in Win7 Ultimate x64)

"Tom Ponta" wrote in message

I have Vista Home Premium with SP2 installed. Can someone recommend an
Explorer type file manager that will display absolutely everything on a
drive? By that I mean every last file, regardless of whether the powers
that be feel I need to see them or not.

Thanx:

Buddha