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 17:01:53 -0500
Sorry. I read further down and you do have Mike's message pasted in. My
apologies!
-- 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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