Access Denied

[Gary F. Pitel]

Win XP Pro with SP 1. All of my folders and files have only the
following attributes. Read-only (which is checked but greyed out on many
of them), and Hidden. I have no archive attribute. When I go to copy or
move any folder or file with the greyed out Read-only checked) I get
this message: Cannot copy DI_041305: Access is denied. Make sure the
disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently
in use. Than I try to uncheck the grey out Read-only attribute it asks
me if I want to apply this change to only that folder or to that folder
and all of its subfolders and files and if I check either option it say
an error occurred applying the attributes to the file: Access is denied
and it gives the following choice: Ignore, Ignore All, Retry and cancel.
No matter what I choice here it won't change the attribute or allow me
to move the folder or file.
How can I fix this so that I can move a folder or file to another
partition? It will allow me to delete the file or folder but that is it.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please see if the following helps:

"How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp

 

[Gary F. Pitel]

Hi

Please see if the following helps:

"How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp

Thanks for the reply. I went to the article and followed it to a "T" but
it didn't help or didn't change a thing. Any other thoughts would be
appreciated.