Re: How to restore access to a folder set to "Private" under a del'd a

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"Tom" <tgoldby[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have just bought a new PC and have thus gone from ME to XP. As the PC
> was
> custom-built, the user account wasn't to my liking. So I renamed it and
> the
> user specific start menu items disappeared from the start menu, leaving me
> with All Users items only... So I created a new account and copied the
> Docs
> and Settings\Username folders over to preserve my menu, OE folders,
> desktop
> config, etc. Then I restarted and deleted the old account. However, I'd
> used
> TweakUI to redirect My Pictures to my \Acad\work directory so that I could
> then set the sharing to Private so that little fingers using the Guest
> account couldn't cause havoc, then reset My Pictures to where it belonged.
> Only I forgot to un-Private the directory and now I get an Access Denied
> message.
>
> So my question is, how do I remove the share permissions from this folder?
> I've searched Download.com, et al for an application to bust it open but
> no
> luck. Any tips/URLs would be much appreciated, unless there is a built-in
> XP
> trick to remove the lock? I am getting desperate, as it is work stuff so
> any
> and all advice will be gratefully received...
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom.


.

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