System Volume Information

F

felicia

I want to educate myself about the workings of my computer, and so am
attempting to look inside the System Volume Information folder.
Have enabled viewing System and Hidden files.
Using XP Home with NTFS.
When I paste this line next to the C: prompt (or what passes for it)
C:\> cacls ":\System Volume Information" /E /G :F
I get an error message:

"The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect."

Where is the error in my command?
 
W

Will Denny

Hi

That folder holds all the files for System Restore. What exactly do you
want to do with it? Altering anything in there could render SR unusable.
 
F

felicia

Thanks for your concern. I just want to look at the forbidden, I guess. And
to know that I have managed to pull it off. I am not the sort with nervous,
click-happy fingers (so far, any way).
 
J

Jon

cacls "c:\System Volume Information" /e /g yourusername:F

(replacing "yourusername" with your username)

Jon
 
S

Stephen Harris

felicia said:
I want to educate myself about the workings of my computer, and so am
attempting to look inside the System Volume Information folder.
Have enabled viewing System and Hidden files.
Using XP Home with NTFS.
When I paste this line next to the C: prompt (or what passes for it)
C:\> cacls ":\System Volume Information" /E /G :F
Click to expand...
^^^ no C no username ^^ before :F
I get an error message:

"The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect."

Where is the error in my command?
Click to expand...

The syntax you used doesn't match the documentation:

cacls "driveletter:\System Volume Information" /E /G username:F

You didn't put the "driveletter" which I assume is C before the colon :
also I didn't see your "username" before the :F
I think you may need administrator rights, but perhaps not just to read.
 
F

felicia

I pasted the precise instructions next to the C:\> prompt, sustituting my
user name.
C:\>cacls "c:\System Volume Information" /e /g myself:F
This error message came back:
Invalid arguments.Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files
Is there something I can change to correct my instructions?
 
F

felicia

This is what I finally pasted:
C:\>cacls "c:\System Volume Information" /e /g myself:F
This is the error message. What does it mean?
Invalid arguments.Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files
Is this a question of permissions?
This is from an earlier post, but I doubt is is relevent, due to the lack of
a disk letter.
 

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