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From: "Galen" <galennews@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:22:11 -0400

In news:%23%23D8Q1%23gFHA.3544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
cmar <cma16@xxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi Galen:
> Thanks for the very useful reference. It appears that one has to
> have 3 users to do copy files to a new user profile.
> Also, I was unclear what is the relevance of taking ownership of a
> folder or file. Why would I want to do this?
> Thanks, CMA

Because when you try to copy the other profile it might tell you that you
don't have permission to do so and so you'll need to take ownership of the
file(s) before you can move them. <g> I just wanted to save you the effort
of asking another question as it was the next logical problem you might
encounter.

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes

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