folder access

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Richard Desgranges

After performing a system recovery due a system error I
am denied access to some folders. What can be done to
regain access?
 
The folders do not have a security tab because the
problem happened after performing a system recovery.
 
XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck
Use Simple File Sharing. Now, when you right click on a drive, folder or
file (on an NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a Security
tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions based on user name or user
group membership.

XP Home: To change the permissions on other folders, you need to boot the
computer to Safe Mode and log in on the built in Administrator account. In
this mode, you'll see the Security tab in Properties, and you can assign
permissions based on user name or group membership.

How Do I Get the Security Tab in Properties - XP Home (makes the Security
tab appear outside of Safe Mode)
http://www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips section
 
Hi Doug,

Doug I have one more question associated to accessing file
and folders. It has to do with changing and deleting user
accounts. Do you change/delete user accounts in safe
mode? Reason is when I was looking under the security tab
there was more accounts then were setup. I tried to
delete one and it said something about association or
something like that needs to be deselected first. What
can I do?

Again Thanks for the help
Richard
 
Some of these accounts are required by the system to function correctly. If
you're not sure, its best to leave them be. User accounts should be removed
from Control Panel, User Accounts. If they don't show up there, then
they're system accounts, and they should be left alone.
 
Hi Doug,

How can you tell the difference if the name in the
security tab is different then the one in the control
panel?

Richard
 
Good question, Richard. The only reason that should occur is if you've
renamed an account via Control Panel, Users. And if that's the case, its
not very easy to track the change, since its mostly cosmetic. There are
specific changes made in the Registry when you do this, but the relevant
sections of the Registry don't even have "read" permissions for
Administrators, by default. And the information isn't stored in plain text
format.
 
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