Shared Documents folder is broken

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Peter

As a result of trying to work with the problem described in "Windows
Explorer Shuts Itself" I've now mananged to completely break the "Shared
Documents" folder. If I try to access "Shared Documents" I get the
message: "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents is not
accessible. Access is denied."

I did save all of the files in that folder to a zip file, and I can
recover the data, so things aren't as bad as they could be. But how do
I get the "Shared Documents" folder back?

BTW, included in the zip file is the "Desktop.ini" that was hidden in
the original C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents so I can put
that back. Or perhaps that's what got corrupted in the first place.
Can someone tell me what the contents of "desktop.ini" for the shared
documents file should be?
 
Peter,

Take Ownership of that folder. Login as Administrator from Safe mode (XP
Home)

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

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Regards,
Ramesh
(e-mail address removed)


As a result of trying to work with the problem described in "Windows
Explorer Shuts Itself" I've now mananged to completely break the "Shared
Documents" folder. If I try to access "Shared Documents" I get the
message: "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents is not
accessible. Access is denied."

I did save all of the files in that folder to a zip file, and I can
recover the data, so things aren't as bad as they could be. But how do
I get the "Shared Documents" folder back?

BTW, included in the zip file is the "Desktop.ini" that was hidden in
the original C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents so I can put
that back. Or perhaps that's what got corrupted in the first place.
Can someone tell me what the contents of "desktop.ini" for the shared
documents file should be?
 
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