Help! NTFS permissions ate my share folder!

[Guest]

Somehow I managed to screw up my shared folder in XP Home. There are two user
accounts on the machine, both administrators, and they both get "access
denied" if they try to access that directory. I can't view permissions or the
owner, or change any of it. I've tried cacls, which does nothing at all. How
the heck can I override the permissions to get into that folder and get my
files out of it? I know little about NTFS permissions and the apocrypha
associated with them, and I'm hoping that someone on here can help me to sort
out this problem.

 

[davexnet02]

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:50:01 -0700, "Dr. Awkward" <Dr.

Somehow I managed to screw up my shared folder in XP Home. There are two user
accounts on the machine, both administrators, and they both get "access
denied" if they try to access that directory. I can't view permissions or the
owner, or change any of it. I've tried cacls, which does nothing at all. How
the heck can I override the permissions to get into that folder and get my
files out of it? I know little about NTFS permissions and the apocrypha
associated with them, and I'm hoping that someone on here can help me to sort
out this problem.

See this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

Dave

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

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

An additional note for WinXP Pro users: This procedure will not help you
recover data if the files are encrypted. All you will be able to do is
delete them. To recover encrypted files you will need the original
encryption certificate or a Recovery Agent from the installation under which
they were encrypted. Without one of these, the files are not recoverable.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org