oops, meant "icacls"
http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2...deletable.aspx
"Dave" <> wrote in message news:...
> you also have to change permissions...
> takeown and icalcs will fix 70% of the problems users are having with
> Vista, IMHO.
>
>
> "Bill W" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>> Roger,
>>
>> Google "take ownership". It's really straight forward, so ignore
>> anything that talks about registry changes, etc. Also, the help menu in
>> Vista has a pretty good step-by-step description of how to take
>> ownership. You can take ownership of folders or the entire drive. I had
>> the same problem you are having and got Vista to where I was with XP by
>> just following the take ownership directions and I'm completely up and
>> running now. If you can't find anything, repost and I'll give you links
>> to a couple of sites that helped me. Start with Vista help and look up
>> Take Ownership first and see if that helps. Try it on a folder or 2 and
>> you'll see how easy it is. Good luck.
>>
>>
>> "Roger Van Loon" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I did post this as "access denied", but as such, it got diverted to an
>>>old (september) thread, which had no relation to this problem.
>>> So, here is a new try:
>>>
>>> I have Win Vista home premium.
>>> Whatever I do, I always run into those very frustrating "access denied"
>>> messages. They pop up when I try to write to newly created folders, when
>>> I try to use some of my old programs that ran fine under XP, etc. etc.
>>> I am the sole user of this PC, and I would like SOOO much to get rid of
>>> those blockings. I always log in as an administrator. Turning off UAC
>>> didn't help.
>>> As an example, I just tried to make a backup to an external drive, using
>>> the Vista backup option (since my old backup program won't run under
>>> Vista), and after running for a long time it aborted and gave an error
>>> message like (yes) "Access denied - 0X80070005".
>>> Please, please, is there a simple way to get access (for me, and any
>>> program on the PC,) to each and every folder on the PC, so that I can
>>> use it like I did under Win XP? In other words, can I get rid all of
>>> those excessive security measures?
>>> Don't tell me that 'it isn't advisable'. I have now gotten to the point
>>> where even a hacker now and then would be much less frustrating.
>>> Roger.
>>
>>
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