Jack K

"Jimmy Brush" <jb@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:1qru53ppc3qimq4mqp0kq7l4go0p6t1lf4@4ax.com...
> To be honest, it is much easier to use these commands than to use the
> explorer interface, as it is a bit of a pain to work with.
>
> Basically, what this does is set the "Administrators" group as the
> owner of the folder you select, as well as all the files and folders
> contained within that folder. You can do this from the GUI inside of
> the security tab, under advanced, and under the owner tab, and
> checking the replace owner checkbox.
>
> The second command adds a permission giving either you specifically or
> all users full access to the folder and every folder and file
> underneath the folder you select.
>
> You can do this from the security tab by adding a permission from the
> GUI, assigning it to either your username or the users group, and
> checking the allow box under full control.
>
> - JB

Thanks Jimmy for your help with this frustrating problem. On this occasion,
I have taken the "easy" way out, which was to open a new folder on my
portable hard drive and redo the whole copying job from my XP computer into
this folder. Fortunately, my Vista laptop has recognised all the files in
this new folder on the portable hard drive without any problems so far. But
I can see that, if you understand, and are confident using your direct
programming method, you would get the permission altered faster than using
the explorer interface, which I found most difficult to work with. However,
if you use this programming method, will you have a problem when you connect
your portable hard drive to an XP computer?

I am now wondering whether my Vista computer somehow corrupted just one
folder on my portable hard drive, even though my XP computer could still
access the portable hard drive without difficulty. It was time consuming to
recopy all the 100 gig of files into a new folder, but at least it has
worked.