I ran this, got possession of all my folders. I sill get the same error
when i try to set a restore point.
John
Greg Hudson wrote:
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> G'Day All.
> I have joined this forum just so I can post my fix to these access
> denied folder problems...
>
> Firstly, I was having the same problem many others do. I'm the only
> user on my Vista box, and I am the Administrator. Attempting to click on
> any folder that had a small arrow over the bottom left corner of the
> folder icon in Windows Explorer caused the Access Denied error. I tried
> setting UAC on / off, disabling Defender, AVG Anti Virus etc - nothing
> helped.
>
> Then I discovered the DOS command TAKEOWN and used the /? option to get
> help.
>
> I began by going to the START / SEARCH command and typing CMD (without
> pressing ENTER). cmd.exe appears at the top of the pop-up window.
>
> Next, RIGHT CLICK on cmd.exe and choose RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR (This is
> necessary, even if you are already an Admin User)
>
> Once the command window appears, enter CD C:\
> (Change Directory to the root of C
>
> Now enter TAKEOWN /?
> (Displays HELP for the command)
>
> After reading the help, I determined the following options should do
> the trick:
> TAKEOWN /f * /r /a
>
> Running the above command, the DOS window scrolled through the file
> list until it came to a folder that was causing problems. It said:
>
> Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions
> granting you full control (Yes / No / Cancel). I chose YES.
>
> The scrolling now continued until it crashed on a LNK file.
>
> Even though it did not alter the properties on every file, the folders
> had all been reset.
>
> I exited the command window, restarted Vista, and now all the folders
> are accessible.
>
> Hopefully this will help some other people.
>
> Regards, Greg.
>
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