file share or permissions problem

[Guest]

Recently, I added another hard drive to my system. I wanted to re-format my 1st hard drive so I zipped up many files and sent them to my slave drive with plans to unzip and put them back on the main drive. After re-formatting and re-installing XP-Pro, I cannot unzip these files. I get a message that there is a 'file share or file permissions problem'. I have tried logging on as 'administrator' and thus didn't work either.

Can anyone help me out with some ideas? I used winzip to zip them and am using winzip to try and unzip...no luck

thanks in advance

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Brian,

You need to take ownership of them. Right-click the folder, select
properties. Go to the security tab and click advanced. You can take control
of the folders on the owner tab. For the security tab to appear in a WinXP
Pro system, you must disable simple file sharing in the control panel/folder
options/view tab. For a WinXP Home system, you must restart in safe mode and
logon as administrator. More details here:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Recently, I added another hard drive to my system. I wanted to re-format

my 1st hard drive so I zipped up many files and sent them to my slave drive
with plans to unzip and put them back on the main drive. After re-formatting
and re-installing XP-Pro, I cannot unzip these files. I get a message that
there is a 'file share or file permissions problem'. I have tried logging on
as 'administrator' and thus didn't work either.

Can anyone help me out with some ideas? I used winzip to zip them and am

using winzip to try and unzip...no luck

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rick

Seems so simple unfortunately it didn't work....it goes thru like it supposed to , and when I go back and check it, I am the owner. However, it still won't unzip.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

DO other zip files work ok?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Thanks Rick,

Seems so simple unfortunately it didn't work....it goes thru like it

supposed to , and when I go back and check it, I am the owner. However, it
still won't unzip.

 

[Guest]

Yeah other files zip ok. Also, I burned one of the zip files to a dvd and attempted to unzip it off the dvd. Now it gives me a different error message ... "Winzip wizard cannot open this file/ It does not appear to be a valid archive....getting very frustrate