Can't open some folders???

[Paul]

I decided to do my yearly reinstall of XP Pro and it went smoothly. So, I
went to listen to my music saved on my D partition and there are certain
folders (seems to be anything music related) that I can't open. I get the
"D:\ is not accessible. Asses is denied" error.
I've disabled firewall and used the network wizard but still no joy.
Thanks for any advice.

Paul

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Paul

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

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| I decided to do my yearly reinstall of XP Pro and it went smoothly. So, I
| went to listen to my music saved on my D partition and there are certain
| folders (seems to be anything music related) that I can't open. I get the
| "D:\ is not accessible. Asses is denied" error.
| I've disabled firewall and used the network wizard but still no joy.
| Thanks for any advice.
|
| Paul
|
|

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

 

[Paul]

Thanks guys....in my 12 years of doing reinstalls, I've never run into this
and am curious as to why this happened this time. But, glad for your help.

Paul
See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Did you happen to convert your drives to NTFS format? If so, that's why. All of the user permissions were "broken" when you did your new OS install.