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Americanboy3
PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:57 pm  Reply with quote
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So for the past few days, I have not been able to open my program files folder. This is a shared computer and my account is the admin, however, the other accounts are able to open and access all the applications and files in my program files folder; I am not Crying or Very sad

Any help is appreciated

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:30 am  Reply with quote
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Check the permissions on the folder. Right click>>properties>>security tab. Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:33 am  Reply with quote
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All the tickers are not enabled. It says "All the options on this tab are disabled because this folder is used by the operating system."

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:10 pm  Reply with quote
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My Computer . . . Tools . . . Folder Options . . . View Tab.

Make sure Hide Protected Operating System files checkbox is cleared and Hidden Files and Folders set to Show.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:26 pm  Reply with quote
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Didn't do anything.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:35 pm  Reply with quote
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Crazy, but let's start from scratch. Check that your user account is in the Administrators Group. Right click My Computer, click Manage. Click Local Users and Groups.

Also, right click the folder in question and be sure Hidden is not checked for some reason. Then check the Sharing Tab and tell us/screen print what's there.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:48 pm  Reply with quote
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Be careful with this! cacls is a CLI tool to view/edit/modify file and directory ACL's (if you don't know what that means, don't mess with it).

Open a command prompt, make the folder in question the current directory. Type the following and report back:

"cacls ." (cacls space dot, no quotes).

"cacls . /s" (cacls space dot space slash s, no quotes)

You should see
C:\Program Files Everyone:(OI)(CI)F

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:52 pm  Reply with quote
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Well for starters there's no local users when I click on Manage. However going to check the users through the Control Panel, it says I am an admin.

Next here's what it says when right clicking the on 'Program Files' and going to the 'Sharing' Tab.


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:23 am  Reply with quote
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Mr. Happy wrote:
Check that your user account is in the Administrators Group. Right click My Computer, click Manage. Click Local Users and Groups.


Is this computer part of a domain?
I'll assume not, until the last line below:
When you get to Local Users and Groups, click Users in the left pane and at least Administrator should show up in the right pane. Anyway, click Groups on the left and double click Administrators on the right. Your account should be in that group. If not, we've found your problem. If you're part of a network and you log in with your network ID, that User (domain/username) should be in the Admin Group.

If this doesn't do it, PM me and I'll send you my cell number.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:04 pm  Reply with quote
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Alright so I still can't access stuff and it is pissing me off. Anyone got any ideas?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:43 pm  Reply with quote
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The problem may very well be in your registry...something you shouldn't mess with if you don't know what you're doing.

Windows is notorious for screwing up registry permissions over time. This is especially true if more than one person accesses their e-mail on the same machine. You dont' have to have separate user accounts for this to happen. Separate e-mail profiles can do this to a windows machine...again, over time. I only have the one account on my machine...and of course, it's an admin account. I just installed the latest Nero burning software and it kept failing saying certain dll's couldn't be registered.

Sure enough, I went though the registry where the setting for Nero were...and I didn't have the proper permissions for those registry keys. Shocked Confused Surprised

I set the permissions correctly and whallah...it installed perfectly. If this isn't a setting in windows itself like Happy suggested...it could very well be your registry is screwed somehow.

My windows installation is running over 5 years without a reinstall. How old is your windows install?

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:01 am  Reply with quote
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Oh dear God. It must be 4 or 5 years old now.

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OMG WAIT!!!! i had this problem a few days ago and it was a virus. i used an online scan and voila! however i dont know if the other windows accounts were able to get into it. wouldnt hurt to try.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:14 pm  Reply with quote
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Tried that Tiger, and it removed some files, but I still can't access my program files..

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:27 pm  Reply with quote
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what did you scan with?

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