Vista - Access Denied!!

Hi

I am helping a friend using windows vista basic and his recent items isn't
working so I try to open it and it says you need permission to access this
folder so I click ok to gain permission then it say access denied and says
for me to go to the security tab I have gone to that several times and it
says that I have control of it. I have tried everything but nothing works.
Does anyone have any ideas??

Cheers

Luke

Luke wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am helping a friend using windows vista basic and his recent items
> isn't working so I try to open it and it says you need permission to
> access this folder so I click ok to gain permission then it say access
> denied and says for me to go to the security tab I have gone to that
> several times and it says that I have control of it. I have tried
> everything but nothing works. Does anyone have any ideas??
>
> Cheers
>
> Luke

Hello,

Recent Items in Windows Vista is now located here:

C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

The Windows XP location isn't a folder ... it's just there because you
are viewing hidden files.

--
-JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

have you taken both full control and ownership these are 2 seprate things
same tab one is under the advanced ioptions the second is under the security
tab

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Luke wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am helping a friend using windows vista basic and his recent items
> > isn't working so I try to open it and it says you need permission to
> > access this folder so I click ok to gain permission then it say access
> > denied and says for me to go to the security tab I have gone to that
> > several times and it says that I have control of it. I have tried
> > everything but nothing works. Does anyone have any ideas??
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Luke
>
> Hello,
>
> Recent Items in Windows Vista is now located here:
>
> C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
>
> The Windows XP location isn't a folder ... it's just there because you
> are viewing hidden files.
>
> --
> -JB
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>