Access Denied...


  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Access Denied...


    Hey all, forgive me if this is dumb or has been answered already, but I'm having some serious issue with accessing a folder. I'll try to make this short.

    I wanted to create a new user with standard access and only give them access to my "C:" (programs) and not my "D:" (downloads) so after creating the user, I went to security settings under D: drive/properties and I denied "Authenticated Users". I obviously know now that that wasn't the right thing to do. After that happened, my admin account didn't have access to drive D. So I went back and switched it back to "Allow/full control" and my admin acct has access to my D drive now but there are files that are in the drive (not in folders) that are still showing denied when trying to open and 1 folder is also being denied. When I see the security settings on these files/folder it says "You do not have permission to view/edit...etc"

    My bad, I know this is long but I tried to summarize with detail as best as I could!


    Oh! I also forgot to mention that I even tried restoring back to like the 15th and my access is still screwed up on those files/1 folder.

    Thanks in advance everyone!

    -Kevin
    Last edited by twinturbonet; 18 Jun 2011 at 23:10. Reason: Forgot to say thanks! :)
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  2. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Update...

    I figured something out. After checking the security on one of the denied files, I went to Advance, Owner, and Edited who "owns" the file (Admin) and it unlocked the file!

    I have to do this to each file one by one, but at least I found a work around!

    Oh and now that I'm here, can someone tell me if I can password protect access to a drive or how to lock out a standard user w/o screwing up Admin's access? LOL.
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