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Skool me on the "Cacls" command

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MisterJackson

Lifer
I have folder on a secondary drive that I need to copy to the master, but I don't have acccess.

I've taken ownership of the drive, and have all access to every other folder in that sub-directory except that one.

It's my old "MyDocs" folder.

Now, I thought you could use the cacls command to take ownership or copy it, but what do I need to type exactly?

Thanks in advance.

Disclaimer: I never claimed to be smart, so you're not allowed to laugh if it's a stupid question.
 
You logged in as admin? you have encryption turned on for that folder on the old system?

Oh, this is not hardware.
 
An Administrator account should be able to take ownership of any folder. Make sure Simple File Sharing is off, then right-click the folder and go to Security, click Advanced and then Owner. From there you can set yourself up as the account owner.

Oh, and "skool" is speeled school. 😉
 
If he is running XP home the security tab will not be there. On Home your only choice is to use cacls. This is one reason I wish I had upgraded to XP Pro. I believe the syntax for this is:
cacls MyDocs /T /G Everyone:F
/T = recursive
/G = Grant permissions.

Of course you must be admin to do this. You can always type cacls /? or is it cacls /help
 
Ended up not needing it. I had been logged onto the machine with my domain account. That was why all folders weren't being taken over.

I just logged in as local admin and all is well now.

Thanks for the help.

And yes PorBleemo, I know it's spelled "School" 😉. I really appreciate your help on that other thing.

PCHPlayer: Thanks

Gunbuster: Thanks, and lighten up 😀
 
Originally posted by: PCHPlayer
If he is running XP home the security tab will not be there. On Home your only choice is to use cacls. This is one reason I wish I had upgraded to XP Pro. I believe the syntax for this is:
cacls MyDocs /T /G Everyone:F
/T = recursive
/G = Grant permissions.

Of course you must be admin to do this. You can always type cacls /? or is it cacls /help
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You can work with permissions in Safe Mode using the Administrator account.
 
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