can't access other user's My Documents folder

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when i try to access the other user's My Documents folder , it says access is
denied.
I must mention that both users from my machine have administrator accounts.
why is that happening? I knew that admins have total access to all
resources...
please help
thanks
 
T

Tom Porterfield

nicholas gere said:
when i try to access the other user's My Documents folder , it says access
is
denied.
I must mention that both users from my machine have administrator
accounts.
why is that happening? I knew that admins have total access to all
resources...
please help
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Because they have made their My Documents older private. As Administrator
you can override that, but you have to take a couple of steps. See the
following article for the steps needed to get access to the folder:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
 

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