Thanks Bert, that did the trick! I had to think about how to login in
Safe Mode, but I figured it out (msconfig).

-Mike


Bert Kinney Wrote:
> Take a look here Mike.
>
> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> http://tinyurl.com/3aw7
>
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> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
> burrism wrote:-
> I recently "organized" my second hard drive by creating
> folders and moving files to the appropriate folders. Now
> I can not access the files (.docs, .pdf, .xls). I
> receive the following error message: user does not have
> access privileges. My machine is a stand-alone single
> user Dell XPS w/ XP SP2 and no network connections. I
> can't change the properties on the files either, they
> appear to be read-only.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mike-


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burrism