Can't Open Transfered Files

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I transfered files from an old hard drive with windows XP to a new hard drive
and a new windows xp, now I can't open the transfered files. I tried to set
the security under safe mode to allow me access, but they still wont open.

I don't have the disk from the original xp, and the old hard drive won't
boot. What would be my other options.
 
Hi,

If you get "access denied", then you haven't set permissions properly.
Please see this link on "taking ownership" of a folder:
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Taking_ownership

If they simply do nothing when double clicked, do you have the right
supporting program installed? What file type are they?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Cynthia said:
I transfered files from an old hard drive with windows XP to a new
hard drive and a new windows xp, now I can't open the transfered
files. I tried to set the security under safe mode to allow me
access, but they still wont open.

I don't have the disk from the original xp, and the old hard drive
won't boot. What would be my other options.
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It could be that the transfer activated the Read Only attribute and that the
associated program won't open Read Only files. What is the program?

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There are several different file types from jpeg to zip files. I set
ownership of the folders, but I can't set ownership of the files. I don't
even get the option to change ownership under administrator. I can see the
option, but I don't have permission to use it. I used maxblast 4 to transfer
the files.
 
I used MaxBlast 4 to tranfer the files. I changed all the files from read
only and I still don't have access
 
Are you getting an error message when you try to open them? Please post it
in its entirety.
 
The message is "Windows can not access the specific device path or file. You
may not have appropriate permissions to access the item"
 
Hi Cynthia,

You should only need to do it on the folders, you may need to check the line
to "enable replace owner on subcontainers and objects".

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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