Re: Access Denied

From: GregM (blah_at_blah.com)
Date: 10/11/04


Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:45:32 -0400

THANK YOU!

I have had this same problem for a week and this finally worked!

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23jZwkbvrEHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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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