Can't move folders (dialog freezes)

[mzander]

Hi,

I have a folder containing approximately 100 folders, each with many files
in them. I can't move these folders to another location on my computer. The
"move" dialog box comes up, but it never gets past calculating the size of
the files that will be moved. If I press cancel, nothing happens, and the
dialog stays there.

If I try to move a folder via the command line, it tells me that "Access is
denied".

So now I have several hundred files that I really need to move to another
location, and I can't. What should I do?

(I'm running Vista, w/ latest updates, on a lenovo T61 laptop)

Thanks,

- m

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Hi,

I have a folder containing approximately 100 folders, each with many files
in them. I can't move these folders to another location on my computer.
The
"move" dialog box comes up, but it never gets past calculating the size of
the files that will be moved. If I press cancel, nothing happens, and the
dialog stays there.

If I try to move a folder via the command line, it tells me that "Access
is
denied".

So now I have several hundred files that I really need to move to another
location, and I can't. What should I do?

(I'm running Vista, w/ latest updates, on a lenovo T61 laptop)

Thanks,

- m

Have you checked the permissions for both the folder you want to move and
the one where you want to move it?

 

[mzander]

Have you checked the permissions for both the folder you want to move and
the one where you want to move it?

I did. Both are set to with the same permissions every other folder has. I
figure if it was a permissions issue, I'd at least get a popup stating
something like that.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I did. Both are set to with the same permissions every other folder has. I
figure if it was a permissions issue, I'd at least get a popup stating
something like that.

What permissions does your user face to these folders? If your user isn't
listed click Users. Does it have Write and Modify?