Files not accessable. Access Denied. messages. Help?

[Josh]

I am getting the message "<file path and name> is not
accessable. Access Denied." on a large number of my
files that were backed up to another drive and functioning
normally before I reloaded windows XP.
They were all on a seperate physical drive from the OS,
and I did not have the personal files encryption system
enabled. Some of the other folders and files in the same
tree are still accessable, while roughly 3/4 of them are
affected.

Any assistance or input would be appreciated.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Josh,

As they were not encrypted, you merely need to take ownership, see:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D308421

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

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[Josh]

Following this pointer, I checked for the Security
options, but I'm not finding any such link in the right-
click menu properties. I'm running XP pro SP1.

[Josh]

Never mind.. I figured it out, after reading another
troubleshooting tip elsewhere in the list. After logging
in as Administrator in safe-mode, I found the Securty tab,
and was able to successfully force a change in ownership
on the files.

Thanks all!

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Josh,

Control Panel/folder options/view tab, uncheck the line to "use simple =
file sharing", this will allow the security tab to show.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Josh" > wrote in message =
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> Following this pointer, I checked for the Security=20
> options, but I'm not finding any such link in the right-
> click menu properties. I'm running XP pro SP1.
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