Re: Access Denied

From: Colin Barnhorst (colinbarharst_at_msn.com)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 12:28:08 -0600

To take ownership of a file or folder, see:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp

"Joe" <user@host.com> wrote in message
news:GvmdndcStvTQ4_TcRVn-tA@rogers.com...
> First figure out why you're getting the error. You could be getting it
> because it's in use or you could be getting it because you don't have
> permission to delete it. If it's the first option you have to find the
> program that's using it and shut it down to then delete the file. If it's
> the second option you have to be administrator to delete the file, if
> you're
> already administrator then either change the permissions or take ownership
> of the file then change permissions to delete the file. If these don't
> work
> then you've got something going on that requires some investigation.
>
> Joe
>
>
> "Marker" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:23cc01c4aef4$b09f0000$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> How do i delete files and folders that come up with
>> access denied??????
>
>

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