Documents and Settings/ Accessing User Account Folders

[Guest]

When I cable my old hard drive up as a secondary drive not running the XP OS
I would like to access my User Folder under Documents and Settings. When I
double click the folder it says I dont have the correct permissions. How do
I access or change the permission? I dont need the OS or hard drive I just
want the info int the desktop folder.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

When I cable my old hard drive up as a secondary drive not running the XP OS
I would like to access my User Folder under Documents and Settings. When I
double click the folder it says I dont have the correct permissions. How do
I access or change the permission? I dont need the OS or hard drive I just
want the info int the desktop folder.

If you hadn't encrypted the data files (and marking a folder
private is something completely different from encryption), you may be
facing nothing more than a simple permissions issue. Have you tried
taking ownership of the old folders?

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421


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[Thota Umesh]

Go to folder options from explorer tools menu scroll down & deselect "enable
simple sharing"

now go to restriced folder rightclick properties security tab will appear
go,

then go to advanced option select owner, now select "replace owner on
subcontainers and objects" and enter this will replace ownership and give u
full control .

remember depending on no of files in the folder the process will take some
time to replace all permissions.

T.Umesh
www.windowsworkshop.com