Hi Ian,
I have done an identical exercise. I don't bother with individual folders -
I just deal with the whole drive.
This is what I do:
Turn off UAC, in Computer ,right-click the drive in question > Properties >
General tab > Stop Indexing
This will also help with disconnecting the drive via Safe Removal. If not
done, the indexing will keep the drive "occupied" .preventing safe removal.
Depending on whether or not the files are compressed (undo tick mark). This
may take a while if a lot of files/folders are there,
so you may want to try it first without un-setting compression.
Go to the Security tab and for your profile ,give yourself full control
If you can't give yourself full control, start over. R-c the drive, in the
context menu ,select Run As Administrator .
Once you've done that ,then r-c the drive and select Properties etc as above
You can also check instructions in this link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549
More "experiences' here:
http://askville.amazon.com/unset-read-only-UNSET-Windows/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=63082389
You may also want to have a look at this: SetACL - the tool for managing
permissions http://helgeklein.com/
Related:
http://www.windows7download.com/win7-setacl/uhsvoqqh.html Other tool
links listed on this page as well.
Hope this helped,
Peter E.
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From: "ian-c"
Sent: Wednesday, 15 June, 2011 9:44 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [PCSOFT] File Permissions issues
Second attempt to get this query posted to list.
I have an NTFS-formatted drive I pulled from a dead XP system. Using a
SATA/IDE to USB adapter, I'm trying to transfer data from it onto my
current Win7 system. But I keep running into permission issues. I
can't so much as open, much less copy/move any document I want to save
(text, .doc or even e-books in pdf format). I've taken ownership of the
folder, properties of documents within reflect this, yet the following
occurs when trying to open files:
PDFs: "Could not open file" / "File not found"
Text: " Access to {Path/filename.txt} was denied
Word doc: "...user does not have access privileges"
When trying to copy any of these files, I get File Access Denied UAC
prompt stating I need permission. I click continue, then pop-up again,
this time "you require permission from {%user%} to make changes to this
file". I am that user; it's my login with admin rights, the same one
which took ownership of these files.
I can't figure out what I'm overlooking and would appreciate any
help/suggestions offered.
Ian Carmichael
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