Rights problem - Even the administrator is locked out, but I don'tsee why

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Re: Rights problem - Even the administrator is locked out, but Idon't see why

I switched to the Administrator account and ran the command-line option
as a batch file. It processed a bunch of files, but had no effect. I
still can't edit or view existing files.
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will 68 at mtco dot com
will dot pittenger1 at gmail dot com (use this address for large signatures)

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> Your normal logon account "Will Pittenger" has no access rights
> to this file, only the account "Pittenger" (which is probably your
> Vista account). There are several ways to resolve this issue.
> They all involve you logging on as Administrator.
>
> a) Via the GUI: You rigt-click the folder D:\Images while
> in Explorer, then add the "Will Pittenger" account to the
> permission list and force the change the propagate to all
> subfolders via the Advanced menu. You can find full details
> about this process by clicking Start / Help and looking for
> help on Permissions.
>
> b) Via the Command Prompt: You issue this command:
> cacls "d:\images" /t /e /g "Will Pittenger":F
> The command will include the "Will Pittenger" account to
> all files and folders in the "D:\Images" tree.
>
> If you still have a problem then you need to seize ownership
> of the D:\Images folder. Again the process is described under
> Start / Help when looking for help on Ownership.
>
> To avoid such problems in future, you should synchronise
> your WinXP/Vista account names & passwords.
>
>
>
> "Will Pittenger" <see.my.sig@nospam.neveranyspam.com> wrote in message
> news:uvo1t0IxIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Sorry. I should have noticed the path didn't have quotes.
>>
>> D:\Images\Collection\...\descript.ion BUILTIN\Administrators:F
>> BUILTIN\Backup
>> Operators:F
>> LUCY\Will
>> Pittenger:F
>> Everyone:F
>> BUILTIN\Power
>> Users:F
>> BUILTIN\Users:F
>> -----
>> will 68 at mtco dot com
>> will dot pittenger1 at gmail dot com (use this address for large
>> signatures)
>>
>> Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
>>> You are rapidly losing me. The command
>>>
>>> cacls "d:\My Folder\My Subfolder\MyFile.ext"
>>>
>>> will display the current security settings of MyFile.ext unless
>>> you have a rogue command on your machine that is taking
>>> the place of c:\windows\system32\cacls.exe.
>>>
>
>
 
Re: Rights problem - Even the administrator is locked out, but I don't see why

"Will Pittenger" <see.my.sig@nospam.neveranyspam.com> wrote in message
news:e$hIOOPxIHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I switched to the Administrator account and ran the command-line option as
>a batch file. It processed a bunch of files, but had no effect. I still
>can't edit or view existing files.
> -----
> will 68 at mtco dot com
> will dot pittenger1 at gmail dot com (use this address for large
> signatures)

Sorry, I have run out of silver bullets. I suggest you consider one
of these options:
a) Ask a computer-literate friend to assist you.
b) Consider giving me remote access to your machine.
Option a) is the preferred option, for obvious reasons.
If you wish to know more about Option b), send a note
to pegasus_fnlATyahooDOTcom.
 
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