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"Access is denied." to Moved Files
I "dropped and dragged" a '.txt' file from one folder('TextFiles') to another
folder ('Internet') in 'My Documents' folder. When I try to view the file, I get "Access is denied." I have this same problem when I "drop and drag" a "Favorites" item on the Favorites menu in internet explorer. When I view the properties of the file I only get one tab, the General tab. Is this an 'XP' problem or a hardware problem? Thanks, DRA |
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sounds like an "Administrative Rights" problem. Check to see if your windows
user account is a "Administrator" account. Then the other tabs should show up on the properties window. "DRARetired" wrote: I "dropped and dragged" a '.txt' file from one folder('TextFiles') to another folder ('Internet') in 'My Documents' folder. When I try to view the file, I get "Access is denied." I have this same problem when I "drop and drag" a "Favorites" item on the Favorites menu in internet explorer. When I view the properties of the file I only get one tab, the General tab. Is this an 'XP' problem or a hardware problem? Thanks, DRA |
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This sounds like a file ownership issue related to NTFS. Note, file
ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How you resolve it depends upon which version of XP you are running. XP-Home Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple File Sharing" at system level. However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the administrator's password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a password during setup. If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press enter. Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect it and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a change, move on to the next step. Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was logged on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name of the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything in the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection: "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well. Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files when you log back on as that user. XP-Pro If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select Folder Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is not selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok. If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user, right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click Advanced, go to the Owner tab, select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," place a check in the box and click apply and ok. The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in the folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account again, right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click apply and ok. That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that folder even in a limited account. -- In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol. Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "DRARetired" wrote in message ... I "dropped and dragged" a '.txt' file from one folder('TextFiles') to another folder ('Internet') in 'My Documents' folder. When I try to view the file, I get "Access is denied." I have this same problem when I "drop and drag" a "Favorites" item on the Favorites menu in internet explorer. When I view the properties of the file I only get one tab, the General tab. Is this an 'XP' problem or a hardware problem? Thanks, DRA |
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It worked.
Thanks mucho. dra "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote: This sounds like a file ownership issue related to NTFS. Note, file ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How you resolve it depends upon which version of XP you are running. XP-Home Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple File Sharing" at system level. However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the administrator's password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a password during setup. If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press enter. Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect it and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a change, move on to the next step. Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was logged on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name of the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything in the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection: "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well. Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files when you log back on as that user. XP-Pro If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select Folder Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is not selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok. If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user, right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click Advanced, go to the Owner tab, select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," place a check in the box and click apply and ok. The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in the folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account again, right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click apply and ok. That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that folder even in a limited account. -- In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol. Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "DRARetired" wrote in message ... I "dropped and dragged" a '.txt' file from one folder('TextFiles') to another folder ('Internet') in 'My Documents' folder. When I try to view the file, I get "Access is denied." I have this same problem when I "drop and drag" a "Favorites" item on the Favorites menu in internet explorer. When I view the properties of the file I only get one tab, the General tab. Is this an 'XP' problem or a hardware problem? Thanks, DRA |
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You're welcome, good luck.
-- In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol. Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "DRARetired" wrote in message ... It worked. Thanks mucho. dra "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote: This sounds like a file ownership issue related to NTFS. Note, file ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How you resolve it depends upon which version of XP you are running. XP-Home Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple File Sharing" at system level. However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the administrator's password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a password during setup. If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press enter. Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect it and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a change, move on to the next step. Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was logged on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name of the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything in the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection: "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well. Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files when you log back on as that user. XP-Pro If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select Folder Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is not selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok. If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user, right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click Advanced, go to the Owner tab, select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," place a check in the box and click apply and ok. The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in the folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account again, right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click apply and ok. That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that folder even in a limited account. -- In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol. Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "DRARetired" wrote in message ... I "dropped and dragged" a '.txt' file from one folder('TextFiles') to another folder ('Internet') in 'My Documents' folder. When I try to view the file, I get "Access is denied." I have this same problem when I "drop and drag" a "Favorites" item on the Favorites menu in internet explorer. When I view the properties of the file I only get one tab, the General tab. Is this an 'XP' problem or a hardware problem? Thanks, DRA |
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