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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 03:58:22 AM

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I had set an account with password protection (administrative account), then
had to do a repair and now i cannot get into my folders that are password
protected. Now how do take the password off that folder and get access to
it?

Thank you,
Maxine

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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 03:58:23 AM
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Just a thought, passwords used to be stored in a file called <username>.pwl
(username being your usename of course. If you can find this file and delete
it you might be able to get into your folders. Good luck.

"Maxine" wrote:

> I had set an account with password protection (administrative account), then
> had to do a repair and now i cannot get into my folders that are password
> protected. Now how do take the password off that folder and get access to
> it?
>
> Thank you,
> Maxine
>
>
>

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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 03:58:23 AM
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"Maxine" <krankymax@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OR6SzeFqFHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>I had set an account with password protection (administrative account),
>then had to do a repair and now i cannot get into my folders that are
>password protected. Now how do take the password off that folder and get
>access to it?
>


Are you receiving the message "Access Denied"? If so, take a look at,

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

--
William

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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 06:46:40 PM
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William,

Everything worked great, thank you very much.

Maxine


"WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eHQT%23FGqFHA.904@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> "Maxine" <krankymax@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OR6SzeFqFHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>I had set an account with password protection (administrative account),
>>then had to do a repair and now i cannot get into my folders that are
>>password protected. Now how do take the password off that folder and get
>>access to it?
>>
>
>
> Are you receiving the message "Access Denied"? If so, take a look at,
>
> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
>
> --
> William
>
>
>

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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 06:46:41 PM
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"Maxine" <krankymax@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ugQUPPNqFHA.3516@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
> "WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eHQT%23FGqFHA.904@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> "Maxine" <krankymax@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OR6SzeFqFHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>I had set an account with password protection (administrative account),
>>>then had to do a repair and now i cannot get into my folders that are
>>>password protected. Now how do take the password off that folder and get
>>>access to it?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Are you receiving the message "Access Denied"? If so, take a look at,
>>
>> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
>>
>
> Everything worked great, thank you very much.
>


You're welcome Maxine.

--
William

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