Using Vista Home Premium. Have a drive on the USB bus that came out of my
old XP computer. Trying to access some text and Excell files on the drive.
They come back with "Access Denied".
I have read and tried all the suggestions I have found on the subject of
changing file ownership. Nothing works. Still can not access these files.
Can anyone help with this problem?
Wyndell
Try brute force and turn off UAC. If you want to try the "right" way
do the following:
The problem probably is you still aren't seen as "owner" to Vista. To
cure that proceed with the following step by step. The doing is easier
than the explaining.
Right click on the drive you're having a problem with in Windows
Explorer, then properties, then Security tab.
Do you see the name you use to login listed? If not, go to now what.
If yes, highlight it then click the advanced button. You should see a
list of permission entries. Are you listed as having full control?
If not again highlight the entry you logged in as, then click Edit.
Another windows will pop up. Again select yourself, Edit again.
You now should see a new window that has a series of checkmarks.
Be SURE all are checked as ALLOW, then ok your way out of all the
windows. You now should have given yourself ownership of the entire
drive and all the subfolders on it and not be bugged by Vista anymore
on this topic.
Repeat for all your hard drives one at a time. Do NOT fiddle with the
permissions of other owners shown. Typically there are many like
Everyone, Creator Owner, System. Leave them be or you could really
mess things up!
Now What...
Only do the following if you don't see yourself listed as a "owner" in
the prior steps.
If when clicking on the security tab and you are NOT listed in the
group or user names you need to make an entry to add yourself.
1. Click Edit.
2. Click Add.
3. Click Object types.
4. Click on Groups if you set one up previous or click on users.
5. Enter the user in the space provided. Click OK
Assumption you have two users Bob and Fred. Bob is listed as user
while Fred wasn't. After doing steps 1-5 Both Bob and Fred should now
appear as users. Return to the top of this post and again try doing
the earlier steps setting up permissions.
Good Luck. I know... doing all this crap is stupid.
