Access denied 2

[Roger Van Loon]

I did post this as "access denied", but as such, it got diverted to an
old (september) thread, which had no relation to this problem.
So, here is a new try:

I have Win Vista home premium.
Whatever I do, I always run into those very frustrating "access denied"
messages. They pop up when I try to write to newly created folders, when
I try to use some of my old programs that ran fine under XP, etc. etc.
I am the sole user of this PC, and I would like SOOO much to get rid of
those blockings. I always log in as an administrator. Turning off UAC
didn't help.
As an example, I just tried to make a backup to an external drive, using
the Vista backup option (since my old backup program won't run under
Vista), and after running for a long time it aborted and gave an error
message like (yes) "Access denied - 0X80070005".
Please, please, is there a simple way to get access (for me, and any
program on the PC,) to each and every folder on the PC, so that I can
use it like I did under Win XP? In other words, can I get rid all of
those excessive security measures?
Don't tell me that 'it isn't advisable'. I have now gotten to the point
where even a hacker now and then would be much less frustrating.
Roger.

 

[Bill W]

Roger,

Google "take ownership". It's really straight forward, so ignore anything
that talks about registry changes, etc. Also, the help menu in Vista has a
pretty good step-by-step description of how to take ownership. You can take
ownership of folders or the entire drive. I had the same problem you are
having and got Vista to where I was with XP by just following the take
ownership directions and I'm completely up and running now. If you can't
find anything, repost and I'll give you links to a couple of sites that
helped me. Start with Vista help and look up Take Ownership first and see
if that helps. Try it on a folder or 2 and you'll see how easy it is. Good
luck.

 

[Dave]

you also have to change permissions...
takeown and icalcs will fix 70% of the problems users are having with Vista,
IMHO.

 

[Bill W]

Yes - I was looking at taking ownership and setting permissions related to
ownership as all-inclusive.

 

[Mary]

Try this - it will make your life much easier. Run the reg file then
right click on any file or folder giving you ownership problems and
click on take ownership

http://www.howtogeek.com/downloads/TakeOwnership.zip

 

[Roger Van Loon]

Many thanks, all.
I will check the suggestions next week (just haven't the time over the
weekend), I'm sure they will help to solve my problems.
Thanks again.