Re: Private Folders in Windows XP (professional)
From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/03/04
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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 06:51:32 -0400
Hi,
You need to take ownership of them. Right-click the folder, select
properties. Go to the security tab and click advanced. You can take control
of the folders on the owner tab. For the security tab to appear in a WinXP
Pro system, you must disable simple file sharing in the control panel/folder
options/view tab. For a WinXP Home system, you must restart in safe mode and
logon as administrator. More details here:
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
An additional note for WinXP Pro users: This procedure will not help you
recover data if the files are encrypted. All you will be able to do is
delete them. To recover encrypted files you will need the original
encryption certificate or a Recovery Agent from the installation under which
they were encrypted. Without one of these, the files are not recoverable.
What happened is that you reinstalled instead of doing a repair install. A
reinstall creates a new installation with new Security ID's, these new SID's
have no permissions to access the old files. Just changing the user names is
not sufficient. Next time do a repair installation that will save your user
accounts and settings. Follow these steps:
1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM
drive.
2. Restart your computer. If you have to, change the BIOS settings to start
from
the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer again.
3. At the "Welcome to Setup" page, press ENTER.
4. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
5. Use the arrow keys to select the installation of Windows XP that you want
to
repair, and then press R to start the automatic repair process.
6. When Setup is completed, activate Windows XP.
Note that you will need your Product Key for this procedure, so have it
handy before you begin.
-- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "Deepu" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1745401c4494a$b7449830$a601280a@phx.gbl... > Hello everyone > > I am a Windows XP (Professional) user. Recently I updated > my version of Windows XP to the Service Pack 1 version. I > just re-installed windows over the existing one. > Unfortunately, after installation of the new version, I > found that I had to create new profiles, eventhough the > old profiles were still there. I could not access certain > folders that I had made private. I tried renaming my old > profile to that of the new one (with the same old > password), but I still can't access those folders. It > gives me a message ("Folder" is not accessible. Access is > denied). Can you please help me in recovering my files. > > If anyone can help me, could you please reply to > deepubabu@googley.com > > > Regards > D. Babu (Mr)
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