Reset File Permissions in XP Home

[Lachoneus]

This has happened to me countless times, and I'm getting frustrated.
When trying to access files on a network share hosted on my XP Home
desktop, I often encounter a file that I can't access (access denied
error). There is no rhyme or reason to this--usually it's just one or
two seemingly random files in a directory that I can't get to. Looking
at the server system, I find that the permissions for those one or two
files are restricted.

This actually happened fairly often in Windows 2000 as well, except
there, I could reset the file's permissions and make it inherit the
directory's defaults. I can't figure out how to do that in XP Home,
since the Security tab is missing.

I've looked through CACLS /? and I can't find any option to just reset
the file's permissions to default (inherit from parent folder). Does
anyone know how to do this?

Don't tell me that XP Home doesn't have per-file access controls,
because if that were the case, I wouldn't have this problem.

 

[Kelly]

Upgrade to Pro, is a thought. However, you could face the same issues,
depending.

Some info:

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

Can't Delete a File or Folder in XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

You Cannot Delete a File or a Folder:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;Q320081

WhoLockMe Explorer Extension v1.04 beta (NT-Win2K-XP)
http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/