Access denied Disk may be write protected or file in use

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I keep getting the following error now on many files in "My documents":

Access denied: Disk may be write protected or file in use

I have seen this question being asked here before and the answer has been to
use the "who lock me" utility or even BART PE. Some of these files won't
even respond to those programs.

Why does this happen? So much so the safest option for me is to not use the
"My docs" folder. I think XP has this security thing so tight it messes it
up for everyone.

I hope someone can shed some light here.

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Thanks a million Justin,

Another gem of an article - and I have been messing around with this issue
all year!

John

"Justin Zellers" <JustinZellers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news94A9623-4CCE-4BA9-B003-1DF4D70004EC@microsoft.com...
> Were these files created with another user account, or was windows
> reinstalled on this machine?
>
> Please see this kb article
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] 21&sd=tech
about
> taking ownership of the files.
>
> Justin Zellers
>
> "jm7" wrote:
>
> > I keep getting the following error now on many files in "My documents":
> >
> > Access denied: Disk may be write protected or file in use
> >
> > I have seen this question being asked here before and the answer has
been to
> > use the "who lock me" utility or even BART PE. Some of these files
won't
> > even respond to those programs.
> >
> > Why does this happen? So much so the safest option for me is to not use
the
> > "My docs" folder. I think XP has this security thing so tight it messes
it
> > up for everyone.
> >
> > I hope someone can shed some light here.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >