Admin is locked out of All Users' "Documents" subfolders Ol'' Peculier 12/30/2008 9:51:05 PM I (Administrator) cannot access the subfolders of C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents: \microsoft; \My Music ; \My Pictures ;\My Projects ;\My Videos. Consequently I am being prevented from installing an app suite that wishes to write to "My Projects" but cannot. This is a one user system and has never been prevented from any installation before now. I am running XP Pro SP3 and I have tried SAFE mode; creating another user with Admin privs; and even trying to delete the directories (with Windows Explorer and the command line) to no avail. Same popup message: "C:\.... is not accessible. Access is denied."

Re: Admin is locked out of All Users' "Documents" subfolders "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can[ at ]fly.com.oz> 12/30/2008 10:21:43 PM "Ol'' Peculier" <OlPeculier[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5206C393-9607-4BA5-B1D7-7E06870BE075[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I (Administrator) cannot access the subfolders of C:\Documents and > Settings\All Users\Documents: \microsoft; \My Music ; \My Pictures ;\My > Projects ;\My Videos. Consequently I am being prevented from installing an > app suite that wishes to write to "My Projects" but cannot. This is a one > user system and has never been prevented from any installation before now. > > I am running XP Pro SP3 and I have tried SAFE mode; creating another user > with Admin privs; and even trying to delete the directories (with Windows > Explorer and the command line) to no avail. Same popup message: "C:\.... > is > not accessible. Access is denied." You need to seize ownership of these folders. Click Start / Help and look for help on "ownership" if unsure how it's done. You must, of course, log on as "Administrator" to do this.