Access denied to NTFS user folder

[QBob]

Thanks for reading. I have a user folder that I am unable to access, delete
or see any security settings on. Whenever I try to access the folder I get
access denied (through local admin, domain admin and user). I am assuming
somehow this folder has NO permissions in the security and that is why I am
unable to get to it. I have tried deleting from command prompt and tried
taking ownership and resetting permissions, all of which are met with
"access denied". Any thoughts on how I can get into this folder to change
permissions or just to delete it? Thanks!

 

[Dave Patrick]

Try running chkdsk /f

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| Thanks for reading. I have a user folder that I am unable to access,
delete
| or see any security settings on. Whenever I try to access the folder I
get
| access denied (through local admin, domain admin and user). I am assuming
| somehow this folder has NO permissions in the security and that is why I
am
| unable to get to it. I have tried deleting from command prompt and tried
| taking ownership and resetting permissions, all of which are met with
| "access denied". Any thoughts on how I can get into this folder to change
| permissions or just to delete it? Thanks!
|
|

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Thanks for reading. I have a user folder that I am unable to access, delete
or see any security settings on. Whenever I try to access the folder I get
access denied (through local admin, domain admin and user). I am assuming
somehow this folder has NO permissions in the security and that is why I am
unable to get to it. I have tried deleting from command prompt and tried
taking ownership and resetting permissions, all of which are met with
"access denied". Any thoughts on how I can get into this folder to change
permissions or just to delete it? Thanks!

The System account may have access.

AT HH:MM /Interactive CMD.EXE /K
where HH:MM is 1 or 2 minutes in the future.

When the CMD window opens in the System context, =use it to start Explorer or CACLs or subInACL

 

[Rob Stow]

The System account may have access.

AT HH:MM /Interactive CMD.EXE /K
where HH:MM is 1 or 2 minutes in the future.

When the CMD window opens in the System context, =use it to start Explorer or CACLs or subInACL

Things like *that* are why I read newsgroups like this.

So many valuable tips can be found and filed away for future
reference.

 

[Todd J Heron]

Rob,

Haven't seen you in a while! Where have you been? (or have I not been
looking in the right groups?)

 

[Rob Stow]

Rob,

Haven't seen you in a while! Where have you been? (or have I not been
looking in the right groups?)

I've been here in m.p.win2000.general and a few of the other W2K
groups, just not as often as I used to be in the NT4 groups.

I seldom have questions to ask here, and when I have an answer
for someone else's question I usually find that others have
already answered it - hence most days I just read in this
newsgroup without posting anything.

As well, lately I have been spending a lot more time with both
the x64-XP betas and Linux than I have with W2K.

And I'm finding Linux to be quite a chore and it is taking a lot
more of my time than I thought it would. :-(
When I think about it objectively I realize that Linux is not any
more difficult or complicated than Windows - it is just
different. My problem is that I have 20 years of DOS and Windows
habits that are getting in the way of learning how to do things
differently.

 

[QBob]

Thanks Rob, the system account and your instructions worked great.