re: Access denied to files: see NTFS permissions Wednesday, January 9, 2002 at 6:25 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by |debug (2 messages posted) yay, thnx man i also couldnt find that option ;] On Monday, December 10, 2001 at 1:48 am, Darvin McMaster wrote: >Goto Folder Options - then uncheck "Simple File Sharing" .Then when you check the >file properties, you must be able to see the security tab. HTH! > >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 Written in response to: re: Access denied to files: see NTFS permissions (Darvin McMaster: Monday, December 10, 2001 at 1:48 am) Responses to this message: Reply: Access denied to files: Restore/Recover files "WinXP Home" (OldHawk777: Monday, March 15, 2004 at 1:14 pm) re: Access denied to files: see NTFS permissions (Rick Webster: Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 1:34 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Access denied to files: see NTFS permissions (William: Sun, Dec 9, 2001, 11:44 pm) re: Access denied to files: see NTFS permissions (Darvin McMaster: Mon, Dec 10, 2001, 1:48 am) re: Access denied to files: see NTFS permissions (|debug: Wed, Jan 9, 2002, 6:25 am) Reply: Access denied to files: Restore/Recover files "WinXP Home" (OldHawk777: Mon, Mar 15, 2004, 1:14 pm) re: Access denied to files: see NTFS permissions (Rick Webster: Tue, Sep 6, 2005, 1:34 am) re: Access denied to files: see NTFS permissions (richard: Mon, Dec 10, 2001, 7:20 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum