Access to drive

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Is the account you use on your computer an administrator account? You can
figure this out by going to Control Panel, User Accounts. Under your login
name, it should say "Computer Administrator."

"Wombat" wrote:

> I keep getting a message saying "You dont have access to D:\ drive. See your
> administrator,
>
> How do I get access to the drive??
>
> I am using Windows XP with SP2

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"WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23Wef957QFHA.4020@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> "Wombat" <Wombat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9771B68D-F777-44FE-B6A2-EC6908FCAF07@microsoft.com...
>>I keep getting a message saying "You dont have access to D:\ drive.
>>See your
>> administrator,
>>
>> How do I get access to the drive??
>>
>> I am using Windows XP with SP2
>
>
> You have to edit the registry,
>
> start>run and type
>
> regedit
>
> Navigate to the following key:
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
> Objects\{46F792E2-1BB6-4754-A213-001FDAC883F5}User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
>
> Delete "NoViewOnDrive" in the right-hand pane.
>


Also there is another key involved,

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

delete "NoViewOnDrive" on the right-hand pane.

--
William