Accessing files - ownership doesn't help

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Hi,

Like everyone here, I've recently installed Vista (or rather - got a new
computer with Vista on it). I've transferred the files from my old computer,
and when trying to access them, got the usual 'access privilege' message, so
I changed ownership, as was suggested by the computer's 'help' , and even
restarted the computer, just to be sure. But now, even though my (admin)
account is the owner of all these documents, I still get the same 'user does
not have access privileges' message (or just - 'cannot access', in case of an
excel file).

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Ruth
 
Oh, and I also checked the 'permission' issue - my account seems to have
permission to all these folders, but all the 'checks' are in grey, so I can't
change them, only deny permission (which is obviously not what I want to do)

thanks!
 
RuthB said:
Hi,

Like everyone here, I've recently installed Vista (or rather - got a new
computer with Vista on it). I've transferred the files from my old
computer,
and when trying to access them, got the usual 'access privilege' message,
so
I changed ownership, as was suggested by the computer's 'help' , and even
restarted the computer, just to be sure. But now, even though my (admin)
account is the owner of all these documents, I still get the same 'user
does
not have access privileges' message (or just - 'cannot access', in case of
an
excel file).

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Ruth
Click to expand...


Were the files encrypted on the XP computer? Right click on a file and pick
properties, then click on the Advanced button. Is there a tick beside
Encrypt file?
 
Hello,

- What folder did you copy your files to?
- Are you familiar with using the command prompt?

- JB
 
Hi,

I copied the entirety of 'my documents' folder - including subfolders - into
the new 'documents' folder.

I have used command prompt before, but only with very specific instructions :)

Ruth
 
I found now that I can change the properties of a single file so that I can
access it - I need to add my user name to the permissions. quite basic of
course. the annoying thing though, is that I defined the entire parent
folder, with all it's subfolders and files, with permission for my user name,
but it doesn't seem to "catch". Instead of my own user name there is an
unknown user with a long string of numbers as its name (starting with
S-1-5-21).

Does this make any more sense?

cheers.
 
Yes, this can happen sometimes when accessing files created from
another installation of Windows.

I would recommend using the following command-line tool to give
yourself permission to all of your files and folders:

- Open an elevated command prompt by right-clicking it and clicking
Run As Administrator
- Browse to the folder you need to accessr (e.g. cd
documents\oldfolder)
- Type: icacls . /grant USER:(OI)(CI)(F) /L /T /Q
(Where USER is your username)
(Or, if you want ANY user to be able to access these files, replace
USER with Users)

- JB
 
)
- Type: icacls . /grant USER:(OI)(CI)(F) /L /T /Q
(Where USER is your username)
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Nearly there, but the 'USER:(OI)(CI)(F)' part (with the USER changed
appropriately) is said to be an invalid parameter

Ruthi
 
On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 05:48:01 -0700, RuthB

Sorry, if your username has spaces in it, you'll need to put it in
double quotes. For example:

icacls . /grant "Jimmy brush":(OI)(CI)(F) /L /T /Q

- JB
 
Sorry for being so thick here, but I don't think that's the problem, as my
username doesn't have spaces (and I've also been trying with 'Users'). I
tried to add quotes, just in case, but that didn't help.

feeling rather stupid at the moment...
 
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