Re: file become unaccessible after moving

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:28:15 -0700

I'm am moving from one sub directory in my document to
another in my documents.

They are in "my document/bids" and i moved them to "my
document/udot" I have tryed to move them back but they
are still not accessible

Steve

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not sure what else could cause this type of issue.
If you are moving
>these files to CD-R disks, it would make sense. Then,
it would just be a
>case of needing to copy such a file back to the hard
drive in order to
>access that version of the file. However, if you are
moving the file from
>one location to another on your hard drive, I'm not sure
what else might
>cause such an issue.
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>"Steve" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:191801c48c7e$9c95afc0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Thanks Mike
>>
>> I just tryed that and it still gives me the error
>> message 'can not access read-only
>> document "libraryxx.xls"'
>>
>> I then click "OK" and the next error messsage displayed
>> is 'can not access "libraryxx.xls"'
>>
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>This sounds like a file ownership issue related to
>> NTFS. Note, file
>>>ownership and permissions supersede administrator
>> rights. How you resolve
>>>it depends upon which version of XP you are running.
>>>
>>>XP-Home
>>>
>>>Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard
>> wired for "Simple File
>>>Sharing" at system level.
>>>
>>>However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode.
>> Reboot, and start
>>>hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of
>> the
>>>options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask
for
>> the administrator's
>>>password. This is not your administrator account,
>> rather it is the
>>>machine's administrator account for which users are
>> asked to create a
>>>password during setup.
>>>
>>>If you created no such password, when requested, leave
>> blank and press
>>>enter.
>>>
>>>Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the
>> view tab, scroll to
>>>the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File
>> Sharing" deselect it
>>>and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't
>> let you make a change,
>>>move on to the next step.
>>>
>>>Navigate to the files, right click, select properties,
>> go to the Security
>>>tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the
>> user that was logged
>>>on when you were refused permission to access the
>> files. Click apply and
>>>ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and
>> type in the name of
>>>the user you just enabled. If you wish to set
ownership
>> for everything in
>>>the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the
>> following selection:
>>>"Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it
>> as well.
>>>
>>>Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish
>> with these files when
>>>you log back on as that user.
>>>
>>>XP-Pro
>>>
>>>If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited
>> account to
>>>administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to
>> Tools, select Folder
>>>Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple
File
>> Sharing" is not
>>>selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and
ok.
>>>
>>>If you wish everything in a specific folder to be
>> accessible to a user,
>>>right click the folder, select properties, go to the
>> Security tab, click
>>>Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
>>>select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom
>> of the box, you
>>>should see a check box for "Replace owner on
>> subcontainers and objects,"
>>>place a check in the box and click apply and ok.
>>>
>>>The user should now be able to perform necessary
>> functions on files in the
>>>folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an
>> admin account again,
>>>right click the folder, select Properties, go to the
>> Security tab and be
>>>sure the user is listed in the user list. If not,
click
>> add and type the
>>>user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has
>> all the necessary
>>>permissions checked in the permission list below the
>> user list, click apply
>>>and ok.
>>>
>>>That should do it and allow whatever access you desire
>> for that folder even
>>>in a limited account.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>>>Windows Shell/User
>>>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>>>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>>
>>>"Steve" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>>>news:011f01c48ad8$84c664e0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> After moving a file (doc, xls qpd, wpd) with windows
>>>> explorer the file becomes unaccessible. When I try
to
>>>> open the file I get the error message "can not access
>>>> read only file" This file was not a read only file
to
>>>> start with. I check the properties and it is not
>> listed
>>>> as a read only file. I click the yes button to open
as
>>>> read only then I get a second popup that says "access
>>>> denied". The file is now not accessible by any
>> program.
>>>>
>>>> How can I gain access to these 60 some odd files and
>> what
>>>> do I need to do to stop it from happening again?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Steve
>>>
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