Re: Access Denied (was Moving a file corrupts it)
From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/18/04
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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 16:56:46 -0500
I don't think that anyone here is going to try to find Mike's post of two
weeks ago. You keep referring to it but we have no idea of what you are
talking about.
Try again and copy/past the comments you are referring to. Then we all will
know!
-- Regards: Richard Urban aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) If you knew half as much as you think you know, You'd realize you didn't know what you thought you knew! "Keith in Edmonton" <KeithinEdmonton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:91664AEA-327B-4917-BE17-88F396821443@microsoft.com... >I am having a problem similar to the one Mike posted a few weeks ago. Here >is > the situation: > > When I wish to move a file from one folder to another, I usually use the > right click>cut>paste mouse command. In the past few weeks, however, when > I > go to retrieve the file in its new location, I receive messages similar to > those listed by Mike. I simply cannot access those files, nor can I delete > them. It happens with a variety of file types - doc, html, xls, jpg, pdd. > By > the way, I get the same result when I use the edit>cut>paste command. Yet > if > I use the command right click>copy>paste, I can retrieve the file in its > new > location. Similarly, if I am working within a Word document and I use the > "save-as" command, I can save it to the new folder and succesfully > retrieve > it. > > This problem surfaced after a number of actions I had taken with my desk > top. I installed a wireless home network (from a reliable ISP) so that I > could access the internet from any location in the house and yard with my > lap > top. The desk top was then the victim of a number of "drive-by" browser > hijackings (such as C2Lop and cool web search). To get rid of those I > downloaded and installed Zone Alarm Pro, Yahoo Anti-Spy, Spybot, and > AdAware. > I also have a firewall with the router. > I use Norton AV2004 as well. > My assumption is that there is a problem with Windows, rather than a > specific program (I have Windows XPSP2). I have also wondered if it might > be > a virus, but have been unable to research any that seem to cause this > problem. I have explored the Windows Help and Support to no avail. Could > there be some problem in Clipboard? > > Thank you for any suggestions and ideas. > > Keith > > > > "Mike" wrote: > >> Files get corrupted when I move them from one folder to another. >> Cut-and-paste, or drag-and-drop has the same effect, and it happens on >> all >> file types. Copying a file does not cause any problems. Once corrupted, >> a >> file >> can not be opened (error messages are: "name or path not valid" for >> .docs, >> "can not access read only document" for .xls, and "access denied" for >> .txt). >> Also can not delete the files, message is: "access is denied". Have to >> go >> to >> dos window to delete the file. No unusual file attributes that I can see >> have been set on the corrupted files, and a chkdsk of my harddrive shows >> no >> problems. >> >> This just started happening a couple of weeks ago, and it's weird. >> >> Thanks, Mike >> >> >>
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