Error Copying File or Folder

[Guest Stanbridge]

Recently, when my colleague on her PC tries to copy/open SOME files that

reside on my PC, she gets the message:

 

 

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== Error Copying File or Folder ==

 

Cannot copy [filename]: Access is denied.

 

Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not

currently in use.

 

--------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

This has only started happening recently. Here's the info I can give.

Hopefully there's some clues in here.

 

* SOME files will copy/open/read and others will not.

* This problem is not discriminatory to file type or folder location. Eg:

from one particular folder, one PDF will copy but another will not. One GIF

file will copy, but another will not. The files themselves do not have any

special attributes set.

* This hasn't been a problem until recently.

* We both have Windows XP SP3.

* User accounts and/or sharing hasn't been changed. The C drive on my

machine has "Share this folder on the network" and "Allow netowork users to

change my files" ticked.

* I have tried copying files while both the Windows Firewall (the only one I

have) and also my CA Anti-virus program are disabled.

* In Internet Explorer options, under the Security tab > Local Intranet >

Sites, "Automatically detect intranet network" has been unticked with every

combination of options, and also tried copying files with "Automatically

detect intranet network" ticked.

* When installing Windows XP SP3, I kept getting an "access is denied" error

of sorts. I went through the steps in the following KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377

The SP3 install wouldn't work until I ran through this step of that KB

article titled "Method 1: Reset the registry and the file permissions".

* When I look at the files on my machine locally, they open without issue.

* I can copy the files FROM my PC TO my colleagues PC.

 

 

If I think of anything else I will add it to this post.

 

If anyone has any ideas/suggestions that could help me fix this, it would be

very handy!

 

 

Cheers,

 

Stanbridge

[Guest Anteaus]

RE: Error Copying File or Folder

 

 

You need to examine the permissions on the files under the Security tab

(right-click the file) and perhaps reset them. One of the quirks of

filesystem permissions is that sometimes they get carried-over when files are

copied form elesewhere, sometimes they don't.

 

This also depends (in a very complex and confusing way) on whether you are

using Simple File Sharing, or not. This is best turned off.

 

"Stanbridge" wrote:

> Recently, when my colleague on her PC tries to copy/open SOME files that

> reside on my PC, she gets the message:

>

>

> --------------------------------------------------------------

>

> == Error Copying File or Folder ==

>

> Cannot copy [filename]: Access is denied.

>

> Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not

> currently in use.

>

> --------------------------------------------------------------

>

>

> This has only started happening recently. Here's the info I can give.

> Hopefully there's some clues in here.

>

> * SOME files will copy/open/read and others will not.

> * This problem is not discriminatory to file type or folder location. Eg:

> from one particular folder, one PDF will copy but another will not. One GIF

> file will copy, but another will not. The files themselves do not have any

> special attributes set.

> * This hasn't been a problem until recently.

> * We both have Windows XP SP3.

> * User accounts and/or sharing hasn't been changed. The C drive on my

> machine has "Share this folder on the network" and "Allow netowork users to

> change my files" ticked.

> * I have tried copying files while both the Windows Firewall (the only one I

> have) and also my CA Anti-virus program are disabled.

> * In Internet Explorer options, under the Security tab > Local Intranet >

> Sites, "Automatically detect intranet network" has been unticked with every

> combination of options, and also tried copying files with "Automatically

> detect intranet network" ticked.

> * When installing Windows XP SP3, I kept getting an "access is denied" error

> of sorts. I went through the steps in the following KB article:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377

> The SP3 install wouldn't work until I ran through this step of that KB

> article titled "Method 1: Reset the registry and the file permissions".

> * When I look at the files on my machine locally, they open without issue.

> * I can copy the files FROM my PC TO my colleagues PC.

>

>

> If I think of anything else I will add it to this post.

>

> If anyone has any ideas/suggestions that could help me fix this, it would be

> very handy!

>

>

> Cheers,

>

> Stanbridge