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So you restored your machine and want to get at the
"My Documents" folder you had saved from your previous install.
You get an"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open
the Folder
SYMPTOMS
When you try to open a folder in Microsoft Windows XP, you may receive the
following error message, where Folder is the name of the folder that you
cannot open:
Folder is not accessible. Access is denied.
CAUSE
This issue may occur if the folder that you cannot open was created on an
NTFS file system volume by using a previous installation of Windows, and then
installing Windows XP. This issue may occur although you enter the correct user
name and password. This issue occurs because the security ID for the user
has changed. Although you use the same user name and password, your security
ID no longer matches the security ID of the owner of the folder that
you cannot open. Security ID's are unique for
every installation, even if the user name, password, product key, and hardware
are the same!
For example, although you use the same user name and password, you may no longer
have permission to open the folder after you complete the following steps:
1. Before you install Windows XP Professional, you change the actual
location, or target location, of the My Documents folder to another volume.
2. You format the primary partition.
3. You install Windows XP Professional.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue under XP Professional, you may need to turn off Simple File Sharing:
To Turn off Simple File Sharing:
a. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
b. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then
click the View tab.
c. Under Advanced Settings, click to clear the Use simple
file sharing (Recommended) check box, and then click OK.
Under XP Home, you MUST boot into safe mode, then log in as a user with administrative rights To take ownership of the folder(s)
1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then
click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security
message, if one appears.
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click your user name, Administrator if
you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators
group.
If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, click to
select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
5. Click OK.
You may receive the following error message, where Folder is the name
of the folder that you want to take ownership of:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory Folder.
Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you
Full Control? All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.
6. Click Yes.
7. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings
that you want for the folder and the folder contents.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about file and folder permissions, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
161275
Interaction of file and folder security on NTFS volumes
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