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10-07-2007
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| | permissions.. hi, am on Vista Ultimate.. sometimes when I try to rename a folder, I get an alert that I need permission to do this.. even though the folder is NOT read-only (and neither are the contents) and I've renamed other folders successfully in the same folder.. thank you.. |
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10-08-2007
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| | Re: permissions.. Hello, Perhaps it is possible that the folder is being used already by the operating system? Can you give more details about which folders exactly are not working? Best Regards, Rishi http://beyondteck.blogspot.com "maya" <maya778899@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fec3bb$spa$2@xxxxxx Quote: > hi, > > am on Vista Ultimate.. sometimes when I try to rename a folder, I get an > alert that I need permission to do this.. even though the folder is NOT > read-only (and neither are the contents) and I've renamed other folders > successfully in the same folder.. > > thank you.. Best Regards, Rishi |
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10-08-2007
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| | Re: permissions.. "maya" <maya778899@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fec3bb$spa$2@xxxxxx Quote: > hi, > > am on Vista Ultimate.. sometimes when I try to rename a folder, I get > an alert that I need permission to do this.. even though the folder is > NOT read-only (and neither are the contents) and I've renamed other > folders successfully in the same folder.. > > thank you.. Have you tried to change ownership of the folder in question? Lang |
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10-08-2007
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| | Re: permissions.. For a tutorial on how to take ownership of and grant yourself full control permission of a folder or file go to this link: Take Ownership of file "Lang Murphy" wrote: Quote: > "maya" <maya778899@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fec3bb$spa$2@xxxxxx Quote: > > hi, > > > > am on Vista Ultimate.. sometimes when I try to rename a folder, I get > > an alert that I need permission to do this.. even though the folder is > > NOT read-only (and neither are the contents) and I've renamed other > > folders successfully in the same folder.. > > > > thank you.. > > Have you tried to change ownership of the folder in question? > > Lang |
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