Re: Access is Denied - XPSP2 Home Edition

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Hi,

While logged on, click start/run or his the winkey+r and type CMD into the
prompt, then click ok. From the prompt, run this:

cacls <folder_path> /g user:f

<folder_path> needs to be the actual path to the files you are trying to
access. "user" needs to be your username.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Steve" <steve> wrote in message
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I've just rebuilt XP onto a new hard drive, based on a slipstreamed CD I
built. Once everything proved out I added back the old drive to copy
across all the user data, which is fine for all users except me!

On the previous build my "My Documents" folder I had pointed at seperate
partition (D:)

That partion now appears when I boot the new system, but if I try to open
the folder, I get a window pop up which says "E:\Stephen is not
accessible Access is denied". The window is named "Start Menu".

This problem is covered on Microsoft.com at article ID 823306, but
following this solution does not fix the problem. Even though I log into
safe mode as administrator, windows will not let me change the
permissions.

Anyone any bright ideas to let me get my data back?

TIA

Steve




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