Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;810881

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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"Transformer" wrote:

| just reformated my C: drive and put WinXP Pro w/sp1 on there , but now
| some folders on my seperate hard-drive ( *D:* ) cannot be opened.
| Attempting to open folders on this extra hard-drive cause a message to
| prompt up which says:"* Acess Denied * " ('here is a link to the
| screen shot of this message' (http://tinyurl.com/9btuf))
|
| when i click on properties for any of these folders it says File-Size:
| 0KB, although i know the files are still there cuz the hard-drive size
| did not change.
|
| so i am wondering how to re-gain access to these folders, is it
| something with the administration settings?
|
| i just dont understand how something from the previous windows registry
| can effect a seperate hard-drive especially after doing a clean install
| ??
|
| any help you may have is greatly appreciated!
| thanx
|
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| Transformer