special permissions

I have a "Documents and folders" folder from a previous Win XP installation on my computer. I want to access this folder, but I am not allowed. I guess this is because I don't have Special permissions. I have the same problem when I try to open the Boot.ini file.
How do I give myself Special permissions?
-Gjert

Hello,
Your previous installation of windows ... is it on a different partition than your Vista installation? Or did you install Vista to the same partition that your previous version of windows was on?
- JB

I have installed Vista on the same partition as the previous installation.
I know that Documents and folders are no longer used. But I still need to access that folder.
-Gjert "mikeyhsd" wrote in message no longer used. files are now under "USERS" further down the tree.

mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com

"Gjert Stensrud" wrote in message I have a "Documents and folders" folder from a previous Win XP installation on my computer. I want to access this folder, but I am not allowed. I guess this is because I don't have Special permissions. I have the same problem when I try to open the Boot.ini file.
How do I give myself Special permissions?
-Gjert

The Documents and Settings folder you need is located in the Windows.old folder. This folder contains stuff from your previous installation of windows.
The Documents and Settings folder you see at the root of your drive is actually fake... there is no way to access it. It's purpose is to point programs to the new Users folder, which replaces Documents and Settings in Vista.
- JB

OK, I see. Thank you. But do you know why I am not allowed to open Boot.ini? After I copy the stuff I need from the Windows.old folder, I want to delete it and edit Boot.ini, so that Windows XP don't appear on the boot menu.
-Gjert "Jimmy Brush" wrote in message The Documents and Settings folder you need is located in the Windows.old folder. This folder contains stuff from your previous installation of windows.
The Documents and Settings folder you see at the root of your drive is actually fake... there is no way to access it. It's purpose is to point programs to the new Users folder, which replaces Documents and Settings in Vista.
- JB

You are not allowed to open boot.ini because it is set to only allow Administrators access to it.
But ... you are logged in as an administrator ... however, in Vista, the programs you run are given normal user priviledges unless the program asks for admin or you explicitly allow the program admin.
Unfortunately, notepad is one of those programs that doesn't automatically ask for admin privilidges if it tries to access a file that is access denied, which is the case with boot.ini.
So, the solution... explicitly give notepad admin permission:
- Click start - Click All Programs - Click Accessories - Right-click notepad - Click Run as Administrator
Now, open the boot.ini file from within notepad and you will be able to access it :)
- JB
"Gjert Stensrud" wrote in message OK, I see. Thank you. But do you know why I am not allowed to open Boot.ini? After I copy the stuff I need from the Windows.old folder, I want to delete it and edit Boot.ini, so that Windows XP don't appear on the boot menu.
-Gjert "Jimmy Brush" wrote in message The Documents and Settings folder you need is located in the Windows.old folder. This folder contains stuff from your previous installation of windows.
The Documents and Settings folder you see at the root of your drive is actually fake... there is no way to access it. It's purpose is to point programs to the new Users folder, which replaces Documents and Settings in Vista.
- JB

Thank you once again :-)
-Gjert "Jimmy Brush" wrote in message You are not allowed to open boot.ini because it is set to only allow Administrators access to it.
But ... you are logged in as an administrator ... however, in Vista, the programs you run are given normal user priviledges unless the program asks for admin or you explicitly allow the program admin.
Unfortunately, notepad is one of those programs that doesn't automatically ask for admin privilidges if it tries to access a file that is access denied, which is the case with boot.ini.
So, the solution... explicitly give notepad admin permission:
- Click start - Click All Programs - Click Accessories - Right-click notepad - Click Run as Administrator
Now, open the boot.ini file from within notepad and you will be able to access it :)
- JB
"Gjert Stensrud" wrote in message OK, I see. Thank you. But do you know why I am not allowed to open Boot.ini? After I copy the stuff I need from the Windows.old folder, I want to delete it and edit Boot.ini, so that Windows XP don't appear on the boot menu.
-Gjert "Jimmy Brush" wrote in message The Documents and Settings folder you need is located in the Windows.old folder. This folder contains stuff from your previous installation of windows.
The Documents and Settings folder you see at the root of your drive is actually fake... there is no way to access it. It's purpose is to point programs to the new Users folder, which replaces Documents and Settings in Vista.
- JB

no longer used. files are now under "USERS" further down the tree.

mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com

"Gjert Stensrud" wrote in message I have a "Documents and folders" folder from a previous Win XP installation on my computer. I want to access this folder, but I am not allowed. I guess this is because I don't have Special permissions. I have the same problem when I try to open the Boot.ini file.
How do I give myself Special permissions?
-Gjert

download a program called VistaBootPro it allows the editing of the vista boot menu. W A R N I N G does not work on 5456.5

mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com

"Gjert Stensrud" wrote in message OK, I see. Thank you. But do you know why I am not allowed to open Boot.ini? After I copy the stuff I need from the Windows.old folder, I want to delete it and edit Boot.ini, so that Windows XP don't appear on the boot menu.
-Gjert "Jimmy Brush" wrote in message The Documents and Settings folder you need is located in the Windows.old folder. This folder contains stuff from your previous installation of windows.
The Documents and Settings folder you see at the root of your drive is actually fake... there is no way to access it. It's purpose is to point programs to the new Users folder, which replaces Documents and Settings in Vista.
- JB

Hi,
I am trying to delete a folder in the programs folder and I am told that I can't delete it and that I need special permissions from the administrator.
I am logged in as the administrator and I notice that special permissions is not checked for the administrator group.
How do I add special permissions to the administrator group??
If anyone is wondering why I need to delete this folder this is why. I tried to installed Nero 7 and it crashed. It placed itself into the add/remove list of programs but wouldn't let me remove it. I had to remove the program from the list using RegEdit and now I need to remove the folder as well.

Right click the Administrator's folder at x:\Users > click Properties > Security (tab) > under Group or user names: > click Edit > click Advanced > under Permissions tab > check "Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent" and "Replace all existing inheritable permissions on all descendants with inheritable permissions from this object. > OK > OK.
Try deleting it again. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Allenb" wrote in message

Hi,
I am trying to delete a folder in the programs folder and I am told that I can't delete it and that I need special permissions from the administrator.
I am logged in as the administrator and I notice that special permissions is not checked for the administrator group.
How do I add special permissions to the administrator group??
If anyone is wondering why I need to delete this folder this is why. I tried to installed Nero 7 and it crashed. It placed itself into the add/remove list of programs but wouldn't let me remove it. I had to remove the program from the list using RegEdit and now I need to remove the folder as well.