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| | Permissions to my folders and files as administrator Good afternoon. I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others , I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there something else I am missing that is new in Vista . Please advise Phil |
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| | RE: Permissions to my folders and files as administrator Which folders/files are you getting this error with? --- Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20 "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote: > Good afternoon. > I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my > folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there > are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied > access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the > folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others > , I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and > all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything > until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there > something else I am missing that is new in Vista . > Please advise > Phil |
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| | RE: Permissions to my folders and files as administrator I am getting it on all the folders in Documents and Settings All USers folder and subfolders. Default User folder and subfolders. I figured out how to change the security to my user id, but I have to do each and every child folder. I tried by checking "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" but it does not seem to filter down the tree. If I apply this to "All Users" shouldn't all the subsequent subcontainers and objects also change also? "Jesper" wrote: > Which folders/files are you getting this error with? > > --- > Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20 > > > "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote: > > > Good afternoon. > > I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my > > folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there > > are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied > > access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the > > folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others > > , I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and > > all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything > > until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there > > something else I am missing that is new in Vista . > > Please advise > > Phil |
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| | RE: Permissions to my folders and files as administrator Aah yes. That's what I figured. That is not actually a folder. It is a junction point pointing to the new location. There is a Deny permission placed on it to wean people off the old namespace and onto the new. See this output from the command line: C:\>dir /a Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F67D-4CCD Directory of C:\ 07/25/2007 00:17 <DIR> Boot 11/02/2006 02:53 438,840 bootmgr 11/02/2006 06:00 <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings [C:\Users] 07/30/2007 15:03 <DIR> Program Files 07/26/2007 08:16 <DIR> ProgramData The actual location for Documents and Settings is c:\users and if you try to list that it will work just fine. BTW, it is a Really Bad Idea (TM) to go changing ACLs on built-in files en masse. You run a great risk of destroying your system when you do that. --- Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20 "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote: > I am getting it on all the folders in Documents and Settings All USers folder > and subfolders. Default User folder and subfolders. I figured out how to > change the security to my user id, but I have to do each and every child > folder. I tried by checking "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" but > it does not seem to filter down the tree. If I apply this to "All Users" > shouldn't all the subsequent subcontainers and objects also change also? > > "Jesper" wrote: > > > Which folders/files are you getting this error with? > > > > --- > > Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20 > > > > > > "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote: > > > > > Good afternoon. > > > I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my > > > folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there > > > are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied > > > access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the > > > folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others > > > , I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and > > > all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything > > > until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there > > > something else I am missing that is new in Vista . > > > Please advise > > > Phil |
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| | RE: Permissions to my folders and files as administrator You are correct. They are workimg well from C:/Users Thnks so much. Another issue resolved. "Jesper" wrote: > Aah yes. That's what I figured. That is not actually a folder. It is a > junction point pointing to the new location. There is a Deny permission > placed on it to wean people off the old namespace and onto the new. See this > output from the command line: > > C:\>dir /a > Volume in drive C has no label. > Volume Serial Number is F67D-4CCD > > Directory of C:\ > > 07/25/2007 00:17 <DIR> Boot > 11/02/2006 02:53 438,840 bootmgr > 11/02/2006 06:00 <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings [C:\Users] > 07/30/2007 15:03 <DIR> Program Files > 07/26/2007 08:16 <DIR> ProgramData > > The actual location for Documents and Settings is c:\users and if you try to > list that it will work just fine. > > BTW, it is a Really Bad Idea (TM) to go changing ACLs on built-in files en > masse. You run a great risk of destroying your system when you do that. > > --- > Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20 > > > "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote: > > > I am getting it on all the folders in Documents and Settings All USers folder > > and subfolders. Default User folder and subfolders. I figured out how to > > change the security to my user id, but I have to do each and every child > > folder. I tried by checking "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" but > > it does not seem to filter down the tree. If I apply this to "All Users" > > shouldn't all the subsequent subcontainers and objects also change also? > > > > "Jesper" wrote: > > > > > Which folders/files are you getting this error with? > > > > > > --- > > > Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20 > > > > > > > > > "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote: > > > > > > > Good afternoon. > > > > I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my > > > > folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there > > > > are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied > > > > access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the > > > > folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others > > > > , I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and > > > > all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything > > > > until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there > > > > something else I am missing that is new in Vista . > > > > Please advise > > > > Phil |
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