Re: Access to drive

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"Wombat" <Wombat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I keep getting a message saying "You dont have access to D:\ drive. See
>your
> administrator,
>
> How do I get access to the drive??
>
> I am using Windows XP with SP2


You have to edit the registry,

start>run and type

regedit

Navigate to the following key:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\{46F792E2-1BB6-4754-A213-001FDAC883F5}User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Delete "NoViewOnDrive" in the right-hand pane.

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William



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