Windows cannot access when trying to taking ownership

I have a 250gb hard drive from an old PC that has ALOT of pictures ,videos, and music stored on. The PC was running Window XP. It died and I removed the hard drive and bought an enclosure to install it in. I have it hooked to a newer PC running Windows 7. At 1st when I pulled up the folders with...

Hi, I recently downloaded an application file (.exe), and tried to delete it, but i keep getting the error "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item". I tried changing the ownership of the file > right click >...

Hello all, I have experienced some boot issues after taking ownership of some files on a hard drive that was installed on my notebook. The operating system on the hard drive was windows vista. My notebook was unable to boot and I was unable to repair the system through a restore point nor the...

Hello. I have experienced some weird behaviour after I followed a tutorial on how to replace the Win7 start orb. The tutorial advised me to take ownership of the full Windows folder (I also took ownership of all the files and subfolders, etc.). After a restart I couldn't access my network...

Hey all so I got the Takeownership.reg file off here it and its worked excellent so far but now when i went ot try to take owneship of a .exe the "Take Ownership" isnt there anymore. I clicked a folder and it was there but not when I select a .exe, you tell me what you think! =P Thanks, Kukag