Permissions

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Johnny

As far as I can tell I have managed to turn 'Permissions' off, but
nevertheless I am told I need permission when I try to change a folder name.
How can I do something about this?
Cheers.
 
davidjchuang said:
The circumstance you mentioned is a little suspicious, may I ask you
the following questions : -
1.) That" " folder " in question, is it a folder you created, or a
program you downloaded, or a Microsoft application program ?
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One I created.
2.) How did you manage to " turn permissions off " ? ( you mean UAC off
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Via Help; it gave me the prompts, which included the reboot.
? )
3.) Were you in user account or in admin account ?
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Um... I suppose User.
I would suggest " take ownership " method, but I have a feeling you are
trying to delete something you shouldn't.
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No - there's no such folder on my system (other than Windows folders, of
course.)


Please reply.
 
davidjchuang wrote:

(snippage)

Mr. Chuang - With all due respect to the fact that you obviously wish to
help people, I really think that someone who did not know how to copy a
link into a newsgroup post should not be giving advanced advice about
turning off permissions. Please understand that there can be serious
consequences to someone's computer if s/he follows incorrect advice. While
it is admirable that you want to be helpful, the first law of helping
should be "Do No Harm".

Malke
 
Johnny said:
As far as I can tell I have managed to turn 'Permissions' off, but
nevertheless I am told I need permission when I try to change a folder
name. How can I do something about this?
Cheers.
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Before you go further with this, please provide a full explanation of what
you have done. See the links at the bottom of this post for what details
you should include in your next post in order to get focused help. Here are
some questions I have:

1. What do you mean "managed to turn Permissions" off. What exactly did you
do and why?

2. In your second post you said this is a folder that you created yourself.
Give the full path to the folder, its current name, and the name to which
you wish to change it. Example:

C:\Users\your-usernae\Documents\Work
change to C:\Users\your-username\Documents\Play

3. What version of Vista are you running?

4. What happens when you try to change this folder's name? If you get an
error message, please quote the exact text.

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question

Malke
 
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