Can’t open files from “My Documents” after copying to them to DVD

[Guest peter_greve]

About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among my work

stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

 

I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

"C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\”My documents” and "Desktop” and “Favorites”

to a DVD

 

Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been copied and

working. It was possible to open the files on the same computer.

 

Today – a year later - I need to use some of the documents in “My documents”

and tried to open them with their associated programs - Word, Excel, Acrobat

Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error message saying that the files are

damaged. The files are not corrupted and it is possible to open files from

the 2 other folders – its only files in “My Documents” I can’t open.

 

I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same username

as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the files, but it does

not help.

 

I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn’t seem to

help either.

 

If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be very happy.

 

Best regards

Peter

[Guest peter_greve]

RE: Can’t open files from “My Documents” after copying to them to DVD

 

By the way...

 

A friend of mine has done the same thing (interpedently of me) and he are

having the same problems, so this is not an isolated occurrence.

 

Peter

 

 

"peter_greve" wrote:

> About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among my work

> stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

>

> I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

> "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\”My documents” and "Desktop” and “Favorites”

> to a DVD

>

> Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been copied and

> working. It was possible to open the files on the same computer.

>

> Today – a year later - I need to use some of the documents in “My documents”

> and tried to open them with their associated programs - Word, Excel, Acrobat

> Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error message saying that the files are

> damaged. The files are not corrupted and it is possible to open files from

> the 2 other folders – its only files in “My Documents” I can’t open.

>

> I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same username

> as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the files, but it does

> not help.

>

> I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn’t seem to

> help either.

>

> If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be very happy.

>

> Best regards

> Peter

>

[Guest LVTravel]

Re: Can’t open files from “My Documents” after copying to them to DVD

 

 

 

"peter_greve" <petergreve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:88BA457A-2A21-4E51-BDD8-A81089045A0B@microsoft.com...

> About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among my

> work

> stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

>

> I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

> "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\”My documents” and "Desktop” and

> “Favorites”

> to a DVD

>

> Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been copied and

> working. It was possible to open the files on the same computer.

>

> Today – a year later - I need to use some of the documents in “My

> documents”

> and tried to open them with their associated programs - Word, Excel,

> Acrobat

> Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error message saying that the files are

> damaged. The files are not corrupted and it is possible to open files from

> the 2 other folders – its only files in “My Documents” I can’t open.

>

> I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same

> username

> as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the files, but it

> does

> not help.

>

> I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn’t seem to

> help either.

>

> If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be very

> happy.

>

> Best regards

> Peter

>

 

Have you tried to copy the files off the DVD onto the computer's hard drive

and then take ownership of them on the hard drive? Let us know if that

works.

[Guest peter_greve]

Re: Can’t open files from “My Documents” after copying to them to

 

Re: Can’t open files from “My Documents” after copying to them to

 

 

 

"LVTravel" wrote:

>

>

> "peter_greve" <petergreve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:88BA457A-2A21-4E51-BDD8-A81089045A0B@microsoft.com...

> > About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among my

> > work

> > stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

> >

> > I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

> > "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\”My documents” and "Desktop” and

> > “Favorites”

> > to a DVD

> >

> > Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been copied and

> > working. It was possible to open the files on the same computer.

> >

> > Today – a year later - I need to use some of the documents in “My

> > documents”

> > and tried to open them with their associated programs - Word, Excel,

> > Acrobat

> > Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error message saying that the files are

> > damaged. The files are not corrupted and it is possible to open files from

> > the 2 other folders – its only files in “My Documents” I can’t open.

> >

> > I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same

> > username

> > as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the files, but it

> > does

> > not help.

> >

> > I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn’t seem to

> > help either.

> >

> > If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be very

> > happy.

> >

> > Best regards

> > Peter

> >

>

> Have you tried to copy the files off the DVD onto the computer's hard drive

> and then take ownership of them on the hard drive? Let us know if that

> works.

>

 

I have tried that, but it doesn’t seem to do any changes. Also I tried to

copy the files to a USB memory stick formatted to FAT32 and then FAT and it

still comes up with an error message saying that the file is either damaged

or not proper decoded (pdf files)

 

When opening a *.doc file in Word all i get is a lot of white pages.

[Guest Touch Base]

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to DVD

 

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to DVD

 

 

"peter_greve" <petergreve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:88BA457A-2A21-4E51-BDD8-A81089045A0B@microsoft.com...

About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among my

work

stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

 

I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

"C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\"My documents" and "Desktop" and

"Favorites"

to a DVD

 

<snip>

 

Hi Peter,

Create a folder for your "My Documents"on your desktop [call it Old_My Docs

for example] and copy the content from the 'My Docs" folder, do not copy the

folder called 'My Docs' with it's contents, just the contents within the

folder to this new folder. Once the data has been copied, right click on the

folder and untick the 'Read Only' attribute. Now try opening one of your

docs and see what happens. If still no joy open MS Word first then select

the doc you want to view and see what happens. Also have you tried using

Windows Explorer to access the file or simply double click on the My

Computer icon on the desktop or access it from the Start button, click on

the ROM drive that has the DVD in it, then right click, select Explore,

select the 'My Documents" folder, then again select Explore, select a doc,

double click on it and see if Word will open it.

 

 

--

Regards,

Touch Base

Report back on the results, good or bad so others may benefit

[Guest peter_greve]

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to

 

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to

 

 

 

"Touch Base" wrote:

>

> "peter_greve" <petergreve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:88BA457A-2A21-4E51-BDD8-A81089045A0B@microsoft.com...

> About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among my

> work

> stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

>

> I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

> "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\"My documents" and "Desktop" and

> "Favorites"

> to a DVD

>

> <snip>

>

> Hi Peter,

> Create a folder for your "My Documents"on your desktop [call it Old_My Docs

> for example] and copy the content from the 'My Docs" folder, do not copy the

> folder called 'My Docs' with it's contents, just the contents within the

> folder to this new folder. Once the data has been copied, right click on the

> folder and untick the 'Read Only' attribute. Now try opening one of your

> docs and see what happens. If still no joy open MS Word first then select

> the doc you want to view and see what happens. Also have you tried using

> Windows Explorer to access the file or simply double click on the My

> Computer icon on the desktop or access it from the Start button, click on

> the ROM drive that has the DVD in it, then right click, select Explore,

> select the 'My Documents" folder, then again select Explore, select a doc,

> double click on it and see if Word will open it.

>

>

> --

> Regards,

> Touch Base

> Report back on the results, good or bad so others may benefit

>

>

 

I have tried to copy some of the files to a new folder and remove the write

protection - but the problem is the same as before.

 

If i start Word and then open a *.doc - all i get is a lot of blank pages.

 

/Peter

[Guest Jim]

Re: Can’t open files from “My Documents” after copying to them to

 

Re: Can’t open files from “My Documents” after copying to them to

 

On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 06:00:01 -0700, peter_greve

<petergreve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>

>"LVTravel" wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> "peter_greve" <petergreve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:88BA457A-2A21-4E51-BDD8-A81089045A0B@microsoft.com...

>> > About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among my

>> > work

>> > stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

>> >

>> > I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

>> > "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\”My documents” and "Desktop” and

>> > “Favorites”

>> > to a DVD

>> >

>> > Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been copied and

>> > working. It was possible to open the files on the same computer.

>> >

>> > Today – a year later - I need to use some of the documents in “My

>> > documents”

>> > and tried to open them with their associated programs - Word, Excel,

>> > Acrobat

>> > Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error message saying that the files are

>> > damaged. The files are not corrupted and it is possible to open files from

>> > the 2 other folders – its only files in “My Documents” I can’t open.

>> >

>> > I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same

>> > username

>> > as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the files, but it

>> > does

>> > not help.

>> >

>> > I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn’t seem to

>> > help either.

>> >

>> > If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be very

>> > happy.

>> >

>> > Best regards

>> > Peter

>> >

>>

>> Have you tried to copy the files off the DVD onto the computer's hard drive

>> and then take ownership of them on the hard drive? Let us know if that

>> works.

>>

>

>I have tried that, but it doesn’t seem to do any changes. Also I tried to

>copy the files to a USB memory stick formatted to FAT32 and then FAT and it

>still comes up with an error message saying that the file is either damaged

>or not proper decoded (pdf files)

>

>When opening a *.doc file in Word all i get is a lot of white pages.

 

Was encryption involved ?

[Guest LVTravel]

Re: Can’t open files from “My Documents” after copying to them to

 

Re: Can’t open files from “My Documents” after copying to them to

 

 

 

"peter_greve" <petergreve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6558C6D9-51E0-4E84-A48E-85C2A1B8246F@microsoft.com...

>

>

> "LVTravel" wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> "peter_greve" <petergreve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:88BA457A-2A21-4E51-BDD8-A81089045A0B@microsoft.com...

>> > About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among

>> > my

>> > work

>> > stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

>> >

>> > I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

>> > "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\”My documents” and "Desktop” and

>> > “Favorites”

>> > to a DVD

>> >

>> > Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been copied

>> > and

>> > working. It was possible to open the files on the same computer.

>> >

>> > Today – a year later - I need to use some of the documents in “My

>> > documents”

>> > and tried to open them with their associated programs - Word, Excel,

>> > Acrobat

>> > Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error message saying that the files

>> > are

>> > damaged. The files are not corrupted and it is possible to open files

>> > from

>> > the 2 other folders – its only files in “My Documents” I can’t open.

>> >

>> > I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same

>> > username

>> > as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the files, but it

>> > does

>> > not help.

>> >

>> > I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn’t seem

>> > to

>> > help either.

>> >

>> > If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be very

>> > happy.

>> >

>> > Best regards

>> > Peter

>> >

>>

>> Have you tried to copy the files off the DVD onto the computer's hard

>> drive

>> and then take ownership of them on the hard drive? Let us know if that

>> works.

>>

>

> I have tried that, but it doesn’t seem to do any changes. Also I tried to

> copy the files to a USB memory stick formatted to FAT32 and then FAT and

> it

> still comes up with an error message saying that the file is either

> damaged

> or not proper decoded (pdf files)

>

> When opening a *.doc file in Word all i get is a lot of white pages.

 

Any chance that you may be able to access the computer which burned the DVD?

If access is possible, can you open the files on that computer? If so,

there is apparently file protection of some method. Copy the files to the

computer and then copy them again without any protection.

[Guest HeyBub]

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Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to DVD

 

peter_greve wrote:

> About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among

> my work stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

>

> I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

> "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\"My documents" and "Desktop" and

> "Favorites" to a DVD

>

> Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been copied

> and working. It was possible to open the files on the same computer.

>

> Today - a year later - I need to use some of the documents in "My

> documents" and tried to open them with their associated programs -

> Word, Excel, Acrobat Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error message

> saying that the files are damaged. The files are not corrupted and it

> is possible to open files from the 2 other folders - its only files

> in "My Documents" I can't open.

>

> I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same

> username as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the

> files, but it does not help.

>

> I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn't

> seem to help either.

>

> If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be very

> happy.

>

> Best regards

> Peter

 

When you copy a file to a DVD or CD, the read-only attribute is set for the

file. Programs like Excel and Word can't open the file on the CD because

these programs attempt to open in read-write mode.

 

Simply copying the file to the hard drive won't work either, because the

read-only flag is maintained as "read only" during the copy.

 

You've got to:

1. Copy the desired file to the hard drive

2. Reset the read-only flag to read-write.

[Guest peter_greve]

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to

 

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to

 

 

 

"HeyBub" wrote:

> peter_greve wrote:

> > About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I among

> > my work stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

> >

> > I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

> > "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\"My documents" and "Desktop" and

> > "Favorites" to a DVD

> >

> > Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been copied

> > and working. It was possible to open the files on the same computer.

> >

> > Today - a year later - I need to use some of the documents in "My

> > documents" and tried to open them with their associated programs -

> > Word, Excel, Acrobat Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error message

> > saying that the files are damaged. The files are not corrupted and it

> > is possible to open files from the 2 other folders - its only files

> > in "My Documents" I can't open.

> >

> > I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same

> > username as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the

> > files, but it does not help.

> >

> > I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn't

> > seem to help either.

> >

> > If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be very

> > happy.

> >

> > Best regards

> > Peter

>

> When you copy a file to a DVD or CD, the read-only attribute is set for the

> file. Programs like Excel and Word can't open the file on the CD because

> these programs attempt to open in read-write mode.

>

> Simply copying the file to the hard drive won't work either, because the

> read-only flag is maintained as "read only" during the copy.

>

> You've got to:

> 1. Copy the desired file to the hard drive

> 2. Reset the read-only flag to read-write.

>

 

I have allready tried that - it's not working.

It is only files in "My documents" i can't open - all other files are

working just fine.

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to

 

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to

 

peter_greve wrote:

> "HeyBub" wrote:

>

>> peter_greve wrote:

>>> About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I

>>> among my work stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

>>>

>>> I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

>>> "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\"My documents" and "Desktop" and

>>> "Favorites" to a DVD

>>>

>>> Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been

>>> copied and working. It was possible to open the files on the same

>>> computer.

>>>

>>> Today - a year later - I need to use some of the documents in "My

>>> documents" and tried to open them with their associated programs -

>>> Word, Excel, Acrobat Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error

>>> message saying that the files are damaged. The files are not

>>> corrupted and it is possible to open files from the 2 other folders

>>> - its only files in "My Documents" I can't open.

>>>

>>> I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same

>>> username as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the

>>> files, but it does not help.

>>>

>>> I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn't

>>> seem to help either.

>>>

>>> If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be

>>> very happy.

>>>

>>> Best regards

>>> Peter

>>

>> When you copy a file to a DVD or CD, the read-only attribute is set

>> for the file. Programs like Excel and Word can't open the file on

>> the CD because these programs attempt to open in read-write mode.

>>

>> Simply copying the file to the hard drive won't work either, because

>> the read-only flag is maintained as "read only" during the copy.

>>

>> You've got to:

>> 1. Copy the desired file to the hard drive

>> 2. Reset the read-only flag to read-write.

>>

>

> I have allready tried that - it's not working.

 

So, what DOES it do?

> It is only files in "My documents" i can't open - all other files are

> working just fine.

 

Copy the files elsewhere. Can you reset the read-only flag?

[Guest peter_greve]

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to

 

Re: Can't open files from "My Documents" after copying to them to

 

 

 

"HeyBub" wrote:

> peter_greve wrote:

> > "HeyBub" wrote:

> >

> >> peter_greve wrote:

> >>> About a year ago I had a laptop supplied by my employer where I

> >>> among my work stuff had a lot of private documents, pictures, etc.

> >>>

> >>> I used Nero burning program and burnt all the files from the path

> >>> "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\"My documents" and "Desktop" and

> >>> "Favorites" to a DVD

> >>>

> >>> Now I checked the burned DVD to ensure that the files had been

> >>> copied and working. It was possible to open the files on the same

> >>> computer.

> >>>

> >>> Today - a year later - I need to use some of the documents in "My

> >>> documents" and tried to open them with their associated programs -

> >>> Word, Excel, Acrobat Reader, etc. - and all I get is an error

> >>> message saying that the files are damaged. The files are not

> >>> corrupted and it is possible to open files from the 2 other folders

> >>> - its only files in "My Documents" I can't open.

> >>>

> >>> I have tried to create an account on the new computer with the same

> >>> username as the one I have copied from to see if I could open the

> >>> files, but it does not help.

> >>>

> >>> I have also tried to take ownership of the files, but that doesn't

> >>> seem to help either.

> >>>

> >>> If somebody could explain to me how to open the files I would be

> >>> very happy.

> >>>

> >>> Best regards

> >>> Peter

> >>

> >> When you copy a file to a DVD or CD, the read-only attribute is set

> >> for the file. Programs like Excel and Word can't open the file on

> >> the CD because these programs attempt to open in read-write mode.

> >>

> >> Simply copying the file to the hard drive won't work either, because

> >> the read-only flag is maintained as "read only" during the copy.

> >>

> >> You've got to:

> >> 1. Copy the desired file to the hard drive

> >> 2. Reset the read-only flag to read-write.

> >>

> >

> > I have allready tried that - it's not working.

>

> So, what DOES it do?

>

> > It is only files in "My documents" i can't open - all other files are

> > working just fine.

>

> Copy the files elsewhere. Can you reset the read-only flag?

>

¨

I can easily take ownership of the files and change read/write settings.

 

When I try to open a Excel sheet (double click on the file) Excel starts

with a message like: This file isn’t recognized.. try opening it with the

associated program…

 

Same thing happens when I start Excel and try to open the sheet from inside

Excel.

 

It is only files from the folder “My documents” I have these problems all

other “back up’s” are working just fine.