you get into them? got an old HDD here, and the windows install is knackered on it so i cant log in to get some old files, so have put it into my new computer, and tried to access the "my documents" folder, and it says "Access is denied". Is there any way i can get into that folder at all?

Cheers
Mike

 

are you logged in as an administrator?

what os are you on?

 

If you are an admin you should be able to "take ownership" of the folder and then propogate new permissions to the sub folders.

 

how do you mean? im on XP. i will try logging on as an admin.

 

do what lamb says. take ownership then grant yourself permission. It's designed to do what it doing its in the advance security tab

 

how do i take ownership and give myself permission? i have added you to msn jim.

 

Can you password protect any file or folder? How do you do this?

 

Right, all done. thanks for your help guys.

 

???

 

Lets just be honest, he has found his old porn stash and for protection from his mum and dad/wife/girlfriend/son/daughter he put a password on it, and now he cant remember it...

 

lol, how'd ya guess?

 

yeah you can. There are a few programs about mate. Search google.

 

 

Boxxer - I just did but all i found were programmes that were trials and wouldn't lock folders without you paying for the software

I only wanna lock my porn folder Well, that and a folder I keep a few bits n bobs in I'd rather keep private/don't want to be acidentally deleted etc...

 

magic folder os free i think? doesnt password them, but hides them so no-one can see

 

I just downloaded one which hides them, but I don't want to hide the folder, I just want to apply a password lock to it, so if you double the folder it asks for a password before letting look inside.....

 

Just tried another that let me lock a folder, and when I double clicked it it asked me for a password - great!

Then when I entered the password it said "FOLDER SUCCESSFULLY UNLOCKED" and that was that.

But it left the folder unlocked and refused to lock it again

Fucking pointless programme

 

ok I have locked down a my docs' on my machine and placed it as a secondy disk and used a onther drive and installed windows.The NTFS is locked down I cannot take ownership what now


I have not worked it out there is alote of porn at stake

 

if u figure it out let me know lol

 

You need to activate the advanced security and sharing options.

tools -> folder options -> View -> uncheck Use Simple File Sharing

Change the permissions of the administrator profile and don't forget to click on the tick box to transfer these settings to all the subfolders and files.

Right click on the folder you want to access then...

Security -> Advanced -> Owner tab and change it to your administrator profile.

Cheers,

Andy

 

sorted went in to safe mode and owened it

 

tar andy

 

Right thats three programmes downloaded and installed now, and nothing has worked.....

First one doesn't lock with password, just hides them

Second one locks once, then when you unlock it you can't lock it again

Last one just completely fucked my PC up and crashed it twice

does ANYONE know of a simple password protect programme that is free to use/run and all you have to do is set a password for a folder and everytime you try to open it it asks for a password?????? DOing my head in now

 

Thats the first thing I thought when i saw this thread

 

I have got the same(ish) problem

Old hard drive is now a slave.
I was Admin on that but cannot get access to my page, but access to everything else.

I am Admin on my new Hard drive so i am basically buggered, got 5 years worth of stuff on the other so its like losing an arm

 

its easy to do mate, add me to msn and i'll talk ya through it if you like