re: Access denied to files: see NTFS permissions
Monday, December 10, 2001 at 7:20 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by richard
(119 messages posted)
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On Sunday, December 9, 2001 at 11:44 pm, William wrote:
>
>We've all seen the good old:
>
>Cannot move : Access is denied
>Mike sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently
>in use
>
>But this time I know for a fact that none of the reasons can apply. I am moving
from
>one dir to another on the same hard disk. The hard disk as 10GB free. And I have
>the error even just after booting in "safe mode", i.e. while no program is running
>other than the most basic Windows XP programs.
>
>
>On top of that, I get the error not just when I try to move these files, but also
>when I try to copy them or view them. And doing a "copy" in a command shell doesn't
>work either. Normally you only get this error if you try to get write access to
the
>file, not just read.
>
>So the only thing I can think of is problems with NTFS permissions. Even though
I
>am an admin on the machine and I am the one who created the files.
>
>But on this new WinXP home edition I have I can't find how to see the NTFS properties
>for files. I can't see who's the owner and what the permissions are! Please don't
>tell me it's because I am using winXP home edition. If you let people use NTFs they
>should be able to see the file owenrship and security settings. Or are those values
>well hidden to "simplify" our experience?
>
>So, anyone know how to see the NTFS-level permissions for individual files on winXP
>home edition?
>
>Thanks,
>
>William
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