How do I restore a damaged folder?
- Thread starter Solnyshko
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right ok the saga isnt over. It appears I've only got partial control/access. It looks like I can only get access to the route directory but none of the subfolders. As you can see from the screengrab below by ticking the box (beside the cursor in the image) I've initiated this response.
Is it safe to click yes? It wont rewrite/reset the contents of all the user info???
this is open to anyone who's reading this at this time of night!
One last thing - This user profile was password protected when it was running as my boot system
Is it safe to click yes? It wont rewrite/reset the contents of all the user info???
this is open to anyone who's reading this at this time of night!
One last thing - This user profile was password protected when it was running as my boot system
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the folder is likely "empty" because of permissions problems.
check permissions on the "my documents" folder.
right click, permissions, security, advanced.
tick box for "replace yada" and take ownership, close properties window.
open properties window again and select advanced again.
check "inherit perms from parent object" and also "replace yada yada"
select ok.
try access the folder again.
EDIT: when you say password protected... how? encryption (ms private folders or third party)?
EDIT2: It's safe to say yes - it's only overwriting ACLs (access control lists - or permissions)
EDIT3: Go through the steps I have detailed above - this is the best (only?) way to set permissions on multiple sub-objects.
check permissions on the "my documents" folder.
right click, permissions, security, advanced.
tick box for "replace yada" and take ownership, close properties window.
open properties window again and select advanced again.
check "inherit perms from parent object" and also "replace yada yada"
select ok.
try access the folder again.
EDIT: when you say password protected... how? encryption (ms private folders or third party)?
EDIT2: It's safe to say yes - it's only overwriting ACLs (access control lists - or permissions)
EDIT3: Go through the steps I have detailed above - this is the best (only?) way to set permissions on multiple sub-objects.
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Ok brilliant. I'll start working through that.
re: password protected - I mean when I launched windows in the past I had a user password selected account, i.e I'd have to enter a pw to access windows as that user (which also happened to be the administrator account)
EDIT: but to reiterate my concern about losing data (which I know I'm getting paranoid about now) it's perfectly ok to go ahead and click YES in the above instance (pictured)?
re: password protected - I mean when I launched windows in the past I had a user password selected account, i.e I'd have to enter a pw to access windows as that user (which also happened to be the administrator account)
EDIT: but to reiterate my concern about losing data (which I know I'm getting paranoid about now) it's perfectly ok to go ahead and click YES in the above instance (pictured)?
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kk - if it was something like MS private folders, then you'd be knackered.
follow the above and you should be fine
