{"id":659,"date":"2006-10-17T15:37:55","date_gmt":"2006-10-17T07:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxpro.ntsl119.com\/scr\/?p=659"},"modified":"2007-10-08T23:03:34","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T15:03:34","slug":"folder-is-inaccessible-access-denied-thor-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxpro.ntsl119.com\/scr\/archives\/659","title":{"rendered":"Folder is inaccessible. Access denied. Thor to the rescue."},"content":{"rendered":"

You changed and re-installed a new Windows XP OS. Let’s say on a new hard disk… slaved your previous primary disk.<\/p>\n

Now there are certain folders\/directories which for reasons you can’t track give you this message:<\/p>\n

\n

G:\\Folder is not accessble.
\nAccess is denied.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nYou tried things. Fired up some admin tools. Whine and groan… cast spells and nothing works.<\/p>\n

You’re pretty sure you haven’t set those folders to ‘Private’ before.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Good thing you haven’t deleted your previous OS. <\/p>\n

You swapped drives again, booting from the previous error-moody WinXP OS. Now you can access them… copy the files to another partition… <\/p>\n

Re-swapped drives again and you still can’t access it in its new location. <\/p>\n

You now start calling the gods of thunder.<\/p>\n

Yeah Thor… no not the Civil War cloned one.<\/p>\n

The real one.<\/p>\n

Thor suggested you copy the files to another PC through LAN\/network. <\/p>\n

And it worked. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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He even told you to clean up the original folders. Since you can’t delete them when you’re using the new OS already. <\/p>\n

(Cool guy… this Thor. Looks like there are Windows XP machines installed in Asgard these days. Loki, I’ve heard, prefers CentOS though. (Don’t ask me why… : ))<\/p>\n

Then you start transferring 8<\/span>GB files for 30<\/span>++ minutes or so. <\/p>\n

Things solved.<\/p>\n

A lot of time wasted though.<\/p>\n

I’m sure there’s a more efficient and logical way to solve this but I haven’t googled that much after solving the problem. <\/p>\n

That was a month ago.<\/p>\n

Now I’m faced with the same problem again.<\/p>\n

I can’t call Thor this time. He’s into ballet lessons with Namor somewhere in an undisclosed area. From what I’ve heard Ben Grimm is joining them this week too. <\/p>\n

Luckily I discovered a shorter way.<\/p>\n

Right click on that inaccessible folder. Click Sharing and Security. Check Share this folder on the network. Check Allow network users to change my files.<\/p>\n

Click Apply.<\/p>\n

It will display an error message… possibly show that sands of time wait icon but it will make that forbidden folder accessible once more.<\/p>\n

This is a sort of short circuit… or whatever you call it. I’m still looking for the real cause and the real documented solutions. If you know one fire me up. <\/p>\n

I’m using the admin account and I’m too lazy to test it using another non-admin account, if the ‘solution’ works.<\/p>\n

It works… but think of the security-related issues on the other side of the fence.<\/p>\n

Time to end this… my linux zealot friend’s here. <\/p>\n

Probably he’ll invite me to join Thor and Namor one of these days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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