Re: Strange problem with System Volume Information folder

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SergioQ wrote:
On Nov 27, 3:47 am, Jose <jose_e...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When you tried using your user name and it fails, what is the error
message from cacls (hopefully something besides "it doesn't work")? I
can then understand why it was not working (it still makes no sense to
me) and update my notes if needed.

I definitely posted it here, but obviously just one line can be buried
in text, more than glad to go find it.....one sec...

Ok, here it is. When I run the command using my USERNAME instead of
the groups Administrators, cacls returns:

"No mapping between account names and security IDs was done"

Hope that helps, and would be curious to know myself as it was.

THanks for everyone's advice and help.

Maybe something is wrong with the folder, I wonder what would happen if you were to delete/rename the folder and let Windows recreate a new one when you reboot.

You can grant yourself permission to the folder again and then just rename it and reboot. Upon rebooting Windows will create a new System Volume Information and assign it the default permissions, you can then try the cacls command again on the newly created folder. Renaming or deleting this folder is harmless, Windows simply creates a new one when you reboot.

Are you using a localized (non-English) XP version?

John
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