Private Directories

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I have had to completely rebuild by XP Home system from scratch. When I
recovered files from my backup I had two directories that were originally
private. Now I cannot open them - Access Denied, and I cannot delete them.
I 'thought' my user ID was the same as the original setup.

Any suggestions on (preferably) a) how to get into the directories, or b)
how to delete them?

Thanks
 
I have had to completely rebuild by XP Home system from scratch. When I
recovered files from my backup I had two directories that were originally
private. Now I cannot open them - Access Denied, and I cannot delete them.
I 'thought' my user ID was the same as the original setup.
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It isn't. Although you may have used the same name for the account, Windows
doesn't use the account name for security, it uses something known as a
Security Identifier or SID. The new install and subsequent creation of a
new user account caused a new SID to be created.
Any suggestions on (preferably) a) how to get into the directories, or b)
how to delete them?
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You'll need to take ownership of the folders in question and then change
the permissions.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
 
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