Verification/Permission Problem

Hello hoping there's a solution to this problem or I have a lot of work
to do. here's the issue: I upgraded to vista from XP and when I opened
the Windows.old folder I dragged out my music folder (Which wasn't 'My
Music' it was just 'M U S I C' on my desktop. Anyway whenever I open an
individual Band folder, song files, or the M U S I C folder in general
it requires me to verify ownership.. Now that's where the problem lies,
with this I would have to go through the 300+ folders individually and
verify ownership (These aren't downloaded copies, this is legit, CD
ripped songs and most of these CD's arent around anymore). I'm just
wondering if there is an option to A) Verify everything at once or 2)
Verify the folder and everything inside the folder at once.. If there's
another way to do it please tell.. thanks in advance..


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contra

Hi,

Right click the top level music folder, choose properties. Go to the
security tab, click advanced. On the owner tab click on edit. Change to your
account, then enable the line near the bottom for this to "replace owner on
subcontainers and objects". Then apply/ok and wait while this propagates
throught the entire folder structure, it may take some time depending on the
number of files/folders involved. You should then be able to close the
security dialogs and access the files without any further permissions
issues.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"contra" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hello hoping there's a solution to this problem or I have a lot of work
> to do. here's the issue: I upgraded to vista from XP and when I opened
> the Windows.old folder I dragged out my music folder (Which wasn't 'My
> Music' it was just 'M U S I C' on my desktop. Anyway whenever I open an
> individual Band folder, song files, or the M U S I C folder in general
> it requires me to verify ownership.. Now that's where the problem lies,
> with this I would have to go through the 300+ folders individually and
> verify ownership (These aren't downloaded copies, this is legit, CD
> ripped songs and most of these CD's arent around anymore). I'm just
> wondering if there is an option to A) Verify everything at once or 2)
> Verify the folder and everything inside the folder at once.. If there's
> another way to do it please tell.. thanks in advance..
>
>
> --
> contra

Why would you drag the whole folder on the Desktop? You might have only a
shortcut on the Desktop and the actual folder in Windows.old.
If this is the case, in Windows Explorer cut and paste (faster than copy and
paste) the Music folder wherever you want - either in User/Music/ or,
preferably, on a different partition. That's because you might want to
delete Windows.old at some time. Also, you need to make a backup copy of the
Music folder on another hard-drive... just in case.
Ownership... as posted by Rick Rogers above.

Michael


"contra" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hello hoping there's a solution to this problem or I have a lot of work
> to do. here's the issue: I upgraded to vista from XP and when I opened
> the Windows.old folder I dragged out my music folder (Which wasn't 'My
> Music' it was just 'M U S I C' on my desktop. Anyway whenever I open an
> individual Band folder, song files, or the M U S I C folder in general
> it requires me to verify ownership.. Now that's where the problem lies,
> with this I would have to go through the 300+ folders individually and
> verify ownership (These aren't downloaded copies, this is legit, CD
> ripped songs and most of these CD's arent around anymore). I'm just
> wondering if there is an option to A) Verify everything at once or 2)
> Verify the folder and everything inside the folder at once.. If there's
> another way to do it please tell.. thanks in advance..
>
>
> --
> contra

well why wouldn't I put it on the desktop, I had no idea that was a bad
idea..and speaking of bad ideas, the windows.old folder is gone because
of the many items of clutter i had taking up space.. so the music folder
is gone now and all i have is the music folder that I lack access to..


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contra

It's not a bad idea per se but you might lose the folder if you have to
reinstall Vista.
Michael

"contra" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> well why wouldn't I put it on the desktop, I had no idea that was a bad
> idea..and speaking of bad ideas, the windows.old folder is gone because
> of the many items of clutter i had taking up space.. so the music folder
> is gone now and all i have is the music folder that I lack access to..
>
>
> --
> contra