access denied

Amoo

i am using windows vista and a while back, when i go into my documents i cant go into my folders; music, pictures and my videos. it just comes up access denied. i tried to share to every account user on the comp but to no avail.. any help??? and also, on my desktop there are two faded icons that say desktop which i cannot get into or delete.. i have no viruses as i have anti-virus and regularly update, scan etc..

yoyo

Amoo wrote: »

i am using windows vista and a while back, when i go into my documents i cant go into my folders; music, pictures and my videos. it just comes up access denied. i tried to share to every account user on the comp but to no avail.. any help??? and also, on my desktop there are two faded icons that say desktop which i cannot get into or delete.. i have no viruses as i have anti-virus and regularly update, scan etc..

Go into my computer>C:\ drive and users folder>username, right click on my documents, clock properties, in the security tab here click advanced, make sure your user name has "full control", in this dialog again click advanced, click on the owner tab, choose your username and choose change ownership, apply all see how it goes

Nick

Amoo

thanks for the reply.. i tried but it wont let me apply anything.. i can click ok but nothing saves with that :mad:

Odaise Gaelach

Can you elaborate on how it won't let you "apply anything"? Do you see an error message?

Griffen262

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Amoo

yup tried everythin.. its been like this months.. just no idea what else t do!

Amoo

like yer man said above.. change the security settins to my user having full control.. when i select that.. at the end it has: ok, cancel, apply.. yeno when changin settings u have to apply them.. wel this button is shaded out so i cant press it..

Odaise Gaelach

If 'Apply' is shaded out, it means that the changes you've made have already been applied.

Could you double-check to make sure whether you can or cannot read and write files inside your Documents folder?

Amoo

its not applied because the setting thats on it now says everyone.. but the type is denied.. and underneath it says <my name> user and the type is allow with full control.. i cant apply that or any other setting.. i can get into my documents.. its just when im in my documents it wont let me in my music, pictures and other folders..

Odaise Gaelach

Okay. From what I remember, denying access takes priority over allowing access. So deselect 'Allow' and 'Deny' for all the permissions for 'Everyone'.

As well as that, take permissions again as yoyo described above, but check 'Replace owner on subcontainers and objects' as well.

yoyo

Try doing the permissions in safe mode under "Administrator" user

Nick