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I am assuming that you are using Windows XP Pro instead of XP Home. If you
are, do the following:
1. Open a window with Windows Explorer. You can do this by holding down the
windows key on the keyboard and press the letter "E".
2. Click on Tools.
3. Click on Folder Options.
4. Click on the "View" Tab.
5. In the "Advanced Settings" window scroll all the way down to the bottom
to a line which reads "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)".
6. Remove the check mark in front of it by clicking on the check mark.
7. Click on "Apply" and then "OK"
8. Using the Windows Explorer window which you opened in step 1 above, find
the folder in question and right click on it.
9. Select "Properties"
10. There should now appear a tab labeled "Security". Click on it.
11. Here comes the tricky part.
12. If Administrator does not appear click on the "Add" button.
13. Type in "Administrator" in the resultant box and click on "OK".
14. The word "Administrator should now he highlighted. Look in the window
below titled "Permissions for Administrator" and place a checkmark in the
box labeled "Full Control" under the "Allow" column.
15. Click again on the "ADD" button. Enter the name of the person who has
ownership of Windows XP when it was first installed. You can check for the
name by again using the windows explorer, click on your boot drive,
(normally the C drive), click on "Documents and Settings", and note the name
of the user(s) listed there.
16. Add this name into the box presented by clicking on the "Add" button in
step 15 above. Give this person "Full Rights" as you did with the
Administrator. Click on "Apply" and then on "OK".
17. Now select the name you entered in step 15.
18. Click on the "Advanced" button.
19. Place a checkmark in the box labeled "Replace permission entries on all
child objects with entries show here that apply to child objects"
20. Make sure that the name is selected that you want to give rights to in
the window above.
21. Click the "Apply" button, Click on "Yes" on the resulting button after
you read and understand what the warning presented.
22. Click on "OK" you now are finished assigning permissions to the user you
selected.
You should be able to access the folder in question and do whatever you want
to do with it. If you truly have Windows XP Home and have used a third
party software to encrypt and password protect the folder you will have to
either read the read me file that accompanies the software or call the
creators of that program and explain what happened.
You should have formatted your disk to NTFS formatting before you
reinstalled Windows to maintain your security. If you did not, the security
feature would not appear. In that case your folder may be corrupted. Run
CHKDSK /f to be sure that your disk is not corrupted. Hope this helps.
"NobodyMan" <none@none.net> wrote in message
news:0uapi15pd3egd8f864irg7oh97nbe5gobq@4ax.com...
> Answer below:
>
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:27:30 -0700, Franco
> <Franco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Thanks for replying.
>>
>>The re-installs have not reconfigured windows for the user to prompt a
>>password. The System Administrator (me) also can't open it. Basically all
>>I
>>have is a folder that historically had a password assigned in a previous
>>incarnation of windows. That now cannot be accessed.
>>
>>"zzdave" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Franco" wrote:
>>>
>>> > Can anyone help me retrieve my daughters 6th form coursework. I have
>>> > Windows
>>> > XP Home edition and my daughter thought it wise to password protect
>>> > her work.
>>> > However 2 crashes & 2 reinstalls later (TV card install BTW) we cannot
>>> > access
>>> > this folder, even with System admin rights. I cannot copy, delete or
>>> > even
>>> > attach this folder to a mail. DOS commands are equally useless.
>>> >
>>> > The MS DB doesn't offer real solutions as there is no where now to
>>> > input the
>>> > original password? A
>>> >
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Do you get any error messages? Have you forgotten the password?
>>>
>>> David
>
> IT sounds as though you need to take ownership of this folder (as an
> Administrator), then assign whoever needs them access rights to the
> folder.
>
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