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Quote:quote:Originally posted by ElllisD
When I open the folder’s properties in Explorer I see the read only box checked
And if you look at the ‘Security’ or ‘Permissions’ tab of that folder?
Note: Those tabs might not be visible to you, so you will have to enable them in Windows XP, through ‘Start’, ‘My Computer’. Then on the ‘Tools’ menu, click ‘Folder Options’, and then click the ‘View’ tab. In the ‘Advanced Settings’ section, remove the check before ‘Use simple file sharing (Recommended)’. Now click ‘OK’ and post what is on the ‘Security’ tab for the inaccessible folder. 🙂
DJ- I had a brief jolt of hope upon reading your idea, as I hadn’t even known that route was available to me. However, Windows wins again, as I don’t see either the Advanced Settings section under My Computer> Folder Options> Tools> View, or anything regarding security or permissions in the folder or it’s properties.
I’ve had another folder become “infected” (for lack of a better term) with the access denied phenomenon after reinstalling Plus!. In this case it’s worse, as not only the dir is undeletable- the files within the folder are now unresponsive to the del /f command. It leads me to suspect something’s in my computer creating these headaches. I don’t see any processes/apps running that don’t belong, and antivirus catches nothing, so I’m thoroughly perplexed. Seems I’m on an Install freeze until I either reinstall the OS or find a solution to what’s going on here.
Thank you nonetheless for the suggestion.Quote:quote:Originally posted by ElllisDDJ- I had a brief jolt of hope upon reading your idea, as I hadn’t even known that route was available to me. However, Windows wins again, as I don’t see either the Advanced Settings section under My Computer> Folder Options> Tools> View, or anything regarding security or permissions in the folder or it’s properties.
I’ve had another folder become “infected” (for lack of a better term) with the access denied phenomenon after reinstalling Plus!. In this case it’s worse, as not only the dir is undeletable- the files within the folder are now unresponsive to the del /f command. It leads me to suspect something’s in my computer creating these headaches. I don’t see any processes/apps running that don’t belong, and antivirus catches nothing, so I’m thoroughly perplexed. Seems I’m on an Install freeze until I either reinstall the OS or find a solution to what’s going on here.
Thank you nonetheless for the suggestion.You have XP Home Edition? You’ll need to follow DJ’s steps in Safe Mode.
Hey- I just noticed that when I drag n drop shortcuts within the start menu, their icons don’t survive the move, their properties show them as invalid shortcuts, and they have the same access denied/write protected error within explorer, yet they are deletable using the del /f command. Just figured it was worth mentioning- hope it gives someone smarter than me a clue as to what’s going on w/ this bs.
I had the same problem, and found this forum through a google search. I got the folder to delete after reading this and messing with it for a bit. I found that for some reason, my security permissions for my user, even though I am THEE “administrator”, were not enabled for the folder, and it would not let me enable them. I got a different user, also with administrator privileges, to log on and delete it. For some unknown reason, we could not enable the permissions for my user for that particular folder. Who knows why….?????? Hope this helps someone.
i tried all above
nothin works,
drag and drop to rec..
cmd
permissions
etc
this folder has come up ,
has a name (01 ),
it has a space at the end ,i think,
cause in the address bar it shows,
desktop1
so now what happens is this file has all spaces in the properties
blankwhen I create one folder of the same name
then it shows
some signs like
0 bytes
else
it is blankin the cmd prompy
wheni say dir
it shows it
when I try to delete it
it says system cant find the filewhen I try to delete any one folder it works
but after which
the other one says
error
cannot find sou…..when I cut and paste the folder on itself
and I delete it it deletes(although gives me an error message)i empty my recycle bin fine
but when I refresh it pops backHELP!!!!!!!!!
I AM FRUSTRATED
CAN SOME GENIOUS HELPit is more like this folder is there and not there at the same time
Virtual folder!!!!!!!!Hey everyone.
I use an ATI All-in-Wonder card to record TV shows to my hard drive.
The ATI PVR software records the shows to a temp file ATI MMC”username”
Recently the username sub-dir became inaccessible.
I could not enter it or remove it, and ATI could not record to it.
I got dialog boxes with these messages:Cannot remove folder “username”: Access is denied
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected
and that the file is not currently in use.I could not get the PVR to record to a different directory.
I did a number of Google searches, but found very little info on this subject directly related to my problem.
I finally got lucky with this one.
I’m adding the particulars of my issue, so it will be a little easier for the next person to find this solution.Thanks to the info DJ provided, I was able to gain access to the directories again.
I first opened Windows Explorer (use the short cut key combination (Windows Key + E)).
I then navigated to the “simple file sharing” option & turned it off.
Here’s how:
W.E. -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Advance Settings (box) -> Files & Folders ->
Go to the last item on the list and uncheck the box for:
‘Use simple file sharing (Recommended)”Note: You may want to check some other setting in the “Advance Settings” while you are there.
ex. Show hidden files and folders. (select it)
Hide extensions for know file types. (unselect)
Display the contents of system folders (select it)Once simple file sharing is turned off, some new tabs will show up when you right click the directory you want to access or delete. (right-click the dir -> click properties -> security tab ->
The tab you are interested in is “security”.
In the box for “Group or user names” select “everyone” (or add it) and then check the box under “Permissions” for “Full Control”.
Once I did this, I was able to access the directories or delete them if I wanted to.Hope this helps someone.
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