Unlock User Profile Folder In Windows Xp?

Posted by benny in FreeWare on July 11th, 2009 | one response

Long story short: Had B.S.O.D., completed Windows XP repair installation. However, it ignored my previous default user profile and created a new one called “Administrator” and automatically applied the same password to it (like this):
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator
The original profile [C:\Documents and Settings\Dave] is visible, but not accessable. I get error message “C:\Documents and Settings\Dave is not available, Access is denied.”
This is on XP Pro. I have even removed the Hard Drive and connected to my laptop (XP Home) and still can not get access to it. I have scanned the drive with File Recovery software, but it found 26,000 files so it will take a while to review them. Early indications of the scan doesn’t look like it found the critical files I need in “My Documents”.
So, is there a command line or something I can do to unlock it and get access to it?
Maybe something like this? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309531/ I don’t know. Any help appreciated.
Thanks.

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One Response to “Unlock User Profile Folder In Windows Xp?”

  1. nookkin says:
    July 11, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    Right-click on the folder and click Properties. Click the Security tab. Click Add, and type “Everyone”. Select “Everyone” in the list of users and groups and check “Full Control”. Click Apply.
    If you don’t see a Security tab, click Tools > Folder Options, click the View tab, and uncheck “Use simple file sharing”.

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