I have received several emails from people asking when they try to access files from an old hard drive or upgrade their system and try to access My Documents in the Windows.old directory to use them on their new Wndows Vista computer they get the message:
“You have been denied permission to access this folder”
Clicking Continue results in the above message.
“The requested information is either unavailable or cannot be displayed”
This happens due to the default settings in Vista which sets security on certain folder to deny access to the
“everyone” group. Go into the advanced security settings for the folder you
want to access and remove the “deny” settings for the “everyone” group and
you should get access to the directory. If that doesn’t work you can always
take possesion of the directory by changing its owner.
Next go back to the folder and try again you will get the same warning as before.
Hit continue and you should now have access.
Written by Steven Hughes - Visit Website
