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**Brink** · 05-02-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by romeboy

Using Vista Home Premium. Have a drive on the USB bus that came out of my
old XP computer. Trying to access some text and Excell files on the drive.
They come back with "Access Denied".

I have read and tried all the suggestions I have found on the subject of
changing file ownership. Nothing works. Still can not access these files.

Can anyone help with this problem?

Wyndell

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Seeking, but not finding

Hi Wyndell,

Try to take ownership of the files, but when you get to step 15 in Option Two, see if also selecting "Everyone" with "Full permission" will allow you access afterwards.

Take Ownership of file

Shawn

05-02-2008	#3 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,016 posts	Re: Changing File Ownership Quote: Originally Posted by romeboy Using Vista Home Premium. Have a drive on the USB bus that came out of my old XP computer. Trying to access some text and Excell files on the drive. They come back with "Access Denied". I have read and tried all the suggestions I have found on the subject of changing file ownership. Nothing works. Still can not access these files. Can anyone help with this problem? Wyndell -- Seeking, but not finding Hi Wyndell, Try to take ownership of the files, but when you get to step 15 in Option Two, see if also selecting "Everyone" with "Full permission" will allow you access afterwards. Take Ownership of file Shawn
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