I need some help

[Derek]

I had to reinstall my windows XP I did not do a full
install just the one where it overwrites old stuff, well
anyway I need to know how to get into my old user folders
some of them i can simply open but others I get an error
saying I don't have access.

Please E-mail me with the answer

Thank you for your time

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
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"Derek" > wrote in message
...
> I had to reinstall my windows XP I did not do a full
> install just the one where it overwrites old stuff, well
> anyway I need to know how to get into my old user folders
> some of them i can simply open but others I get an error
> saying I don't have access.
>
> Please E-mail me with the answer
>
> Thank you for your time

[Derek]

Ok I went to that page and did what it said but there was
just a sharing and security tab and it didn't have the
stuff that the rest of the article talked about mybe I'm
just not in the admin account but shouldn't the first
account you make be the admin account. I'm really lost



>-----Original Message-----
>See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"
>
>HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
>--------------------------------
>Associate Expert
>ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>--------------------------------
>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
>"Derek" > wrote in message
...
>> I had to reinstall my windows XP I did not do a full
>> install just the one where it overwrites old stuff, well
>> anyway I need to know how to get into my old user
folders
>> some of them i can simply open but others I get an error
>> saying I don't have access.
>>
>> Please E-mail me with the answer
>>
>> Thank you for your time
>
>
>.
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck Use
simple file sharing.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"Derek" > wrote in message
...
> Ok I went to that page and did what it said but there was
> just a sharing and security tab and it didn't have the
> stuff that the rest of the article talked about mybe I'm
> just not in the admin account but shouldn't the first
> account you make be the admin account. I'm really lost
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"
> >
> >HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
> >--
> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> >http://www.dougknox.com
> >--------------------------------
> >Associate Expert
> >ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >--------------------------------
> >Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> >Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> >
> >"Derek" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I had to reinstall my windows XP I did not do a full
> >> install just the one where it overwrites old stuff, well
> >> anyway I need to know how to get into my old user
> folders
> >> some of them i can simply open but others I get an error
> >> saying I don't have access.
> >>
> >> Please E-mail me with the answer
> >>
> >> Thank you for your time
> >
> >
> >.
> >