Vista - Ownership

Jacqui wrote:
> I am just an ordinary person who is having a lot of trouble trying to
> understand all this ownership discussion related to getting the 'Destination
> Folder Access Denied' error message. Can someone please explain it to me. I
> was having trouble opening Adboe in my browser and found that I had a .dll
> file which needed to be removed however I am not able to remove it. I am able
> to change it's name (and this has worked thank God!) but how do I remove it?
> The current groups or users listed in my permissions tab are Create Owner,
> System, me (my PC name), Administrator (again my PD name\Administrators),
> Users (my PC name\Users) and Trusted Installer. What are all these? And what
> do I have to actually do to delete this file?

Here is a link to Windows Help which explains what permissions are:

http://tinyurl.com/2j9vgr

All modern operating systems use permissions and ownership - XP, Vista,
Linux, Unix, Mac OS X.

Check the permissions of the file or folder the file is saved in and
take ownership:

1. Right-click the file or folder, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Under Group or user names, click your name to see the permissions you
have.

To take ownership of a folder:

1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then
click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
3. Click Edit. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for
an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide
confirmation.
4. Click the name of the person you want to give ownership to.
5. If you want that person to be the owner of files and subfolders in
this folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check
box.
6. Click OK


Malke
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