Access Denied?!

[Tabula Rasa]

Hi everyone 🙂
Finally got vista up and running (after adding another GB of RAM :suprised: ) and the overall impression (after some tweaking) is quite good.

The only thing that realy bothers me is the fact that I can't seem to get access to ""system" files and folders.
That includes the "Start Menu"" folder and other parts which I DEMAND access to (am I being too aggressive? 😛 )

My user is set to adminstrator and I've dissabled all the warning thingamabobs that vista bothers you with.

Anyone knows how to enable access to all folders and files?

 

[Electronic Punk]

Hey Benny,

what do you mean by access?
Should have no problems deleteing or tidying up the start menu, have done it on mine.

 

[madmatt]

Hey Benny! Did you (temporarily) disable UAC? UAC will deny you access to certain folders, but you should be able to click through.

 

[Tabula Rasa]

Thanks for the quick answer guys 🙂
I'll be more specific:

I've unchecked "Hide Protected OS files" in View->Folder Options
and then tried accesing C:\User\MyUser\Start Menu and got the error (Snapshot attached, made using the nifty "snipping tool")

For Matt, I've tried re-enabling UAC and I still get the same error.

 

[madmatt]

Did you "upgrade" or perform a clean install?

You could try taking ownership of the folder ("Start Menu") and inherit the permissions to that folder.

 

[Tabula Rasa]

Worked like a charm, thank you matt 🙂

For anyone else who is having the problem, you can fix it by changing the premmision in the "security" tab of the properties menu (right click->properties).