Access Denied...More help needed

[Gregg]

Hi,
Thanks to those that helped me re-take ownership of my personal documents
folder after a system crash, and re-install of XP Pro (12/20/07). Here's my
problem now. I can now view my old user account (was password protected on
old OS), and open it, and all of the folders inside of it. What I can't do,
is use, or access any of my old files yet. As a result, I cannot copy any of
the files anywhere...to my current "Documents" folder, or a jump drive, ect.
I will receive an "access is denied" message everytime when trying to access
any of the individual files (docs, media player, jpegs, all of them). I did
assign fulll control to myself, and a seperate user account I created, while
in the security tab in Safe mode , and disabled file sharing (before taking
ownership). and was able to now see and open all of my old folders, but
unable to use any of the contents therein. Do I still need to go back in
safe-mode and and use the security tab, then advanced, permission tab to
change "inherited permissions from parent to child objects", to "replace
permissions" (both of those slightly abbr.)? Or perhaps my problem has
nothing to do with that at all, and is something else entirely? I have tried
"enabling file sharing" again, but that did nothing to help the problem
either. Any suggestions or help, whould be *greatly* appreciated once again.
Thanks in advance all, and Happy holidays to everyone.

Gregg

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Hi,
Thanks to those that helped me re-take ownership of my personal
documents folder after a system crash, and re-install of XP Pro
(12/20/07). Here's my problem now. I can now view my old user
account (was password protected on old OS), and open it, and all of
the folders inside of it. What I can't do, is use, or access any of
my old files yet. As a result, I cannot copy any of the files
anywhere...to my current "Documents" folder, or a jump drive, ect.
I will receive an "access is denied" message everytime when trying
to access any of the individual files (docs, media player, jpegs,
all of them). I did assign fulll control to myself, and a seperate
user account I created, while in the security tab in Safe mode ,
and disabled file sharing (before taking ownership). and was able
to now see and open all of my old folders, but unable to use any of
the contents therein. Do I still need to go back in safe-mode and
and use the security tab, then advanced, permission tab to change
"inherited permissions from parent to child objects", to "replace
permissions" (both of those slightly abbr.)? Or perhaps my problem
has nothing to do with that at all, and is something else entirely?
I have tried "enabling file sharing" again, but that did nothing to
help the problem either. Any suggestions or help, whould be
*greatly* appreciated once again. Thanks in advance all, and Happy
holidays to everyone.

Sounds like you have seen this:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP.

And have eluded to the information in #4 under " To take ownership of a
folder " - and then you change permissions so that the user you utilize
outside of safe mode (your account) has permissions granted throughout the
entire tree of files/folders as well - then back into normal mode to access
them.

 

[Gregg]

Shenan..Thanks for your reply. I have been reading some other posts on here,
and discovered how to take owenership of the folders/files while logged onto
my user account (which has adminstor privledges) by right clicking on the
individual folders or files directly, properties, security tab, "ok" at the
security message, then advanced, and then the owner tab....which oddly had me
as administrator listed as owner, (but I was unable to to anything with any
of the idividual the files in the folders). At any rate, I changed the owner
from Administrator, to myself undr my present user account, and Bingo, I have
full access to them! Since this is working fine, I am not going to bother
going back into safe mode and screw around in there again, lol. Thanks again,
and best wished for the holidys, and a Happy New Year!

Gregg