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screwed up ACL, what to do?
Hi, guys,
I carelessly used cacls just now before experimenting on some some dummy directories and I denied access to a whole drive to everybody. The command was: cacls e: /d Guest All I wanted is to restrict access to a guest account, but it seems it has been restricted to everyone, all the users and the administrator. I kind of got a hang of the command and it's options now, but the problem is e: cannot be addressed in any way. Some threads suggest taking ownership of the folder as it is described in MSDN but that won't work, since certain tabs when I go into "properties" aren't even there for e: drive. How do I get access back to normal? Please help. thanks in advance |
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screwed up ACL, what to do?
"u256" wrote in message
... Hi, guys, I carelessly used cacls just now before experimenting on some some dummy directories and I denied access to a whole drive to everybody. The command was: cacls e: /d Guest All I wanted is to restrict access to a guest account, but it seems it has been restricted to everyone, all the users and the administrator. I kind of got a hang of the command and it's options now, but the problem is e: cannot be addressed in any way. Some threads suggest taking ownership of the folder as it is described in MSDN but that won't work, since certain tabs when I go into "properties" aren't even there for e: drive. How do I get access back to normal? Please help. thanks in advance -- u256 If you have XP Professional installed on your system, go to Control Panel - Folder Options - View page and uncheck Use simple file sharing. You should now be able to access the Security tab of the drive's Properties sheet. Take ownership of the drive and reset the permissions to allow access. If you have XP Home Edition installed on your system, you'll have to boot into Safe Mode to gain access to the Security tab. To boot into Safe Mode, restart your computer and keep hitting the F8 key until you see the Windows Advanced Options menu. Take a look at these articles for more info. "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881 How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421 Good luck Nepatsfan |
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