Access denied on a particular file

[Guest Muzzzy]

Hi,

 

I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing);

yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto a 1

TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and so far

I can't find a way to get rid of it:

 

1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed

ownership of the file to myself - didnt help;

2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as

this file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none.

3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none

4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems

 

I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with the

file, even just renaming it.

 

I'm totally lost - had similar problem in the office with a file on a

network share but it helped changing ownership.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

Thank you in advance,

Andrey

[Guest Coraleigh Miller]

Re: Access denied on a particular file

 

Is the total pathname, including the file name, very long? I have had some

luck deleting these access denied files when nothing else worked by

shortening the pathname. I shortened it by temporarily renaming each of the

parent folders to like one letter, and then i was able to delete the file.

It occurs to me now though that perhaps if you were to create a share path

to the immediate parent folder the file is in, and then try and delete the

file, accesing via your new share path, that this might work. Let me know

if it does. :-)

 

Coraleigh Miller

 

 

"Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

news:%23fZHq7hzHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Hi,

>

> I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing);

> yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto a 1

> TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and so far I

> can't find a way to get rid of it:

>

> 1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed ownership

> of the file to myself - didnt help;

> 2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as this

> file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none.

> 3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none

> 4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems

>

> I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with the file,

> even just renaming it.

>

> I'm totally lost - had similar problem in the office with a file on a

> network share but it helped changing ownership.

>

> Any help is greatly appreciated!

>

> Thank you in advance,

> Andrey

[Guest Muzzzy]

Re: Access denied on a particular file

 

The full path including filename is 63 characters where filename itself

is "nc.exe", so path length is not an issue; also i have other files in

that folder and those are fine

 

 

 

Coraleigh Miller wrote:

> Is the total pathname, including the file name, very long? I have had some

> luck deleting these access denied files when nothing else worked by

> shortening the pathname. I shortened it by temporarily renaming each of the

> parent folders to like one letter, and then i was able to delete the file.

> It occurs to me now though that perhaps if you were to create a share path

> to the immediate parent folder the file is in, and then try and delete the

> file, accesing via your new share path, that this might work. Let me know

> if it does. :-)

>

> Coraleigh Miller

>

>

> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

> news:%23fZHq7hzHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Hi,

>>

>> I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing);

>> yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto a 1

>> TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and so far I

>> can't find a way to get rid of it:

>>

>> 1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed ownership

>> of the file to myself - didnt help;

>> 2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as this

>> file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none.

>> 3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none

>> 4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems

>>

>> I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with the file,

>> even just renaming it.

>>

>> I'm totally lost - had similar problem in the office with a file on a

>> network share but it helped changing ownership.

>>

>> Any help is greatly appreciated!

>>

>> Thank you in advance,

>> Andrey

>

>

[Guest Coraleigh Miller]

Re: Access denied on a particular file

 

You could try a shift-delete on it, or try and delete through dos command.

After you changed ownership did you confirm that your user account

repropigated down with full rights from the parent folder?

 

Coraleigh

 

 

"Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

news:elIoGQizHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> The full path including filename is 63 characters where filename itself is

> "nc.exe", so path length is not an issue; also i have other files in that

> folder and those are fine

>

>

>

> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>> Is the total pathname, including the file name, very long? I have had

>> some luck deleting these access denied files when nothing else worked by

>> shortening the pathname. I shortened it by temporarily renaming each of

>> the parent folders to like one letter, and then i was able to delete the

>> file. It occurs to me now though that perhaps if you were to create a

>> share path to the immediate parent folder the file is in, and then try

>> and delete the file, accesing via your new share path, that this might

>> work. Let me know if it does. :-)

>>

>> Coraleigh Miller

>>

>>

>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>> news:%23fZHq7hzHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Hi,

>>>

>>> I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing);

>>> yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto a 1

>>> TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and so far

>>> I can't find a way to get rid of it:

>>>

>>> 1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed

>>> ownership of the file to myself - didnt help;

>>> 2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as

>>> this file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none.

>>> 3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none

>>> 4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems

>>>

>>> I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with the

>>> file, even just renaming it.

>>>

>>> I'm totally lost - had similar problem in the office with a file on a

>>> network share but it helped changing ownership.

>>>

>>> Any help is greatly appreciated!

>>>

>>> Thank you in advance,

>>> Andrey

>>

[Guest Muzzzy]

Re: Access denied on a particular file

 

I right click on the file, go to security->advanced->ownership and i see

my account as owner; i also see that my account has full rights on the

file. I did try shift-del and from cmd - same error "access denied"...

 

Coraleigh Miller wrote:

> You could try a shift-delete on it, or try and delete through dos command.

> After you changed ownership did you confirm that your user account

> repropigated down with full rights from the parent folder?

>

> Coraleigh

>

>

> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

> news:elIoGQizHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> The full path including filename is 63 characters where filename itself is

>> "nc.exe", so path length is not an issue; also i have other files in that

>> folder and those are fine

>>

>>

>>

>> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>>> Is the total pathname, including the file name, very long? I have had

>>> some luck deleting these access denied files when nothing else worked by

>>> shortening the pathname. I shortened it by temporarily renaming each of

>>> the parent folders to like one letter, and then i was able to delete the

>>> file. It occurs to me now though that perhaps if you were to create a

>>> share path to the immediate parent folder the file is in, and then try

>>> and delete the file, accesing via your new share path, that this might

>>> work. Let me know if it does. :-)

>>>

>>> Coraleigh Miller

>>>

>>>

>>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>>> news:%23fZHq7hzHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>> Hi,

>>>>

>>>> I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing);

>>>> yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto a 1

>>>> TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and so far

>>>> I can't find a way to get rid of it:

>>>>

>>>> 1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed

>>>> ownership of the file to myself - didnt help;

>>>> 2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as

>>>> this file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none.

>>>> 3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none

>>>> 4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems

>>>>

>>>> I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with the

>>>> file, even just renaming it.

>>>>

>>>> I'm totally lost - had similar problem in the office with a file on a

>>>> network share but it helped changing ownership.

>>>>

>>>> Any help is greatly appreciated!

>>>>

>>>> Thank you in advance,

>>>> Andrey

>

[Guest Coraleigh Miller]

Re: Access denied on a particular file

 

When you checked to see if a process had locked the file, did you use a

comprehensive program like Microsft Process Explorer?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

 

Coraleigh

 

"Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

news:uEveFhizHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>I right click on the file, go to security->advanced->ownership and i see my

>account as owner; i also see that my account has full rights on the file. I

>did try shift-del and from cmd - same error "access denied"...

>

> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>> You could try a shift-delete on it, or try and delete through dos

>> command.

>> After you changed ownership did you confirm that your user account

>> repropigated down with full rights from the parent folder?

>>

>> Coraleigh

>>

>>

>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>> news:elIoGQizHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> The full path including filename is 63 characters where filename itself

>>> is "nc.exe", so path length is not an issue; also i have other files in

>>> that folder and those are fine

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>>>> Is the total pathname, including the file name, very long? I have had

>>>> some luck deleting these access denied files when nothing else worked

>>>> by shortening the pathname. I shortened it by temporarily renaming

>>>> each of the parent folders to like one letter, and then i was able to

>>>> delete the file. It occurs to me now though that perhaps if you were to

>>>> create a share path to the immediate parent folder the file is in, and

>>>> then try and delete the file, accesing via your new share path, that

>>>> this might work. Let me know if it does. :-)

>>>>

>>>> Coraleigh Miller

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>>>> news:%23fZHq7hzHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Hi,

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing);

>>>>> yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto a

>>>>> 1 TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and so

>>>>> far I can't find a way to get rid of it:

>>>>>

>>>>> 1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed

>>>>> ownership of the file to myself - didnt help;

>>>>> 2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as

>>>>> this file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none.

>>>>> 3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none

>>>>> 4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems

>>>>>

>>>>> I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with the

>>>>> file, even just renaming it.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm totally lost - had similar problem in the office with a file on a

>>>>> network share but it helped changing ownership.

>>>>>

>>>>> Any help is greatly appreciated!

>>>>>

>>>>> Thank you in advance,

>>>>> Andrey

>>

[Guest Muzzzy]

Re: Access denied on a particular file

 

I used Unlocker (if you google Unlocker, thats' the first app you will

see). Anyway, it's just some exe file from some code i wrote 5 years

ago; it's in archive and not used for sure

 

 

Coraleigh Miller wrote:

> When you checked to see if a process had locked the file, did you use a

> comprehensive program like Microsft Process Explorer?

> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

>

> Coraleigh

>

> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

> news:uEveFhizHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> I right click on the file, go to security->advanced->ownership and i see my

>> account as owner; i also see that my account has full rights on the file. I

>> did try shift-del and from cmd - same error "access denied"...

>>

>> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>>> You could try a shift-delete on it, or try and delete through dos

>>> command.

>>> After you changed ownership did you confirm that your user account

>>> repropigated down with full rights from the parent folder?

>>>

>>> Coraleigh

>>>

>>>

>>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>>> news:elIoGQizHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>> The full path including filename is 63 characters where filename itself

>>>> is "nc.exe", so path length is not an issue; also i have other files in

>>>> that folder and those are fine

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>>>>> Is the total pathname, including the file name, very long? I have had

>>>>> some luck deleting these access denied files when nothing else worked

>>>>> by shortening the pathname. I shortened it by temporarily renaming

>>>>> each of the parent folders to like one letter, and then i was able to

>>>>> delete the file. It occurs to me now though that perhaps if you were to

>>>>> create a share path to the immediate parent folder the file is in, and

>>>>> then try and delete the file, accesing via your new share path, that

>>>>> this might work. Let me know if it does. :-)

>>>>>

>>>>> Coraleigh Miller

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>>>>> news:%23fZHq7hzHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> Hi,

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing);

>>>>>> yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto a

>>>>>> 1 TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and so

>>>>>> far I can't find a way to get rid of it:

>>>>>>

>>>>>> 1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed

>>>>>> ownership of the file to myself - didnt help;

>>>>>> 2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as

>>>>>> this file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none.

>>>>>> 3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none

>>>>>> 4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with the

>>>>>> file, even just renaming it.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I'm totally lost - had similar problem in the office with a file on a

>>>>>> network share but it helped changing ownership.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Any help is greatly appreciated!

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Thank you in advance,

>>>>>> Andrey

>

>

[Guest Peter Foldes]

Re: Access denied on a particular file

 

Shot in the dark maybe. Is Windows RMS installed by any chance

 

--

Peter

 

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others

Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

 

"Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message news:uEveFhizHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>I right click on the file, go to security->advanced->ownership and i see

> my account as owner; i also see that my account has full rights on the

> file. I did try shift-del and from cmd - same error "access denied"...

>

> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>> You could try a shift-delete on it, or try and delete through dos command.

>> After you changed ownership did you confirm that your user account

>> repropigated down with full rights from the parent folder?

>>

>> Coraleigh

>>

>>

>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>> news:elIoGQizHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> The full path including filename is 63 characters where filename itself is

>>> "nc.exe", so path length is not an issue; also i have other files in that

>>> folder and those are fine

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>>>> Is the total pathname, including the file name, very long? I have had

>>>> some luck deleting these access denied files when nothing else worked by

>>>> shortening the pathname. I shortened it by temporarily renaming each of

>>>> the parent folders to like one letter, and then i was able to delete the

>>>> file. It occurs to me now though that perhaps if you were to create a

>>>> share path to the immediate parent folder the file is in, and then try

>>>> and delete the file, accesing via your new share path, that this might

>>>> work. Let me know if it does. :-)

>>>>

>>>> Coraleigh Miller

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>>>> news:%23fZHq7hzHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Hi,

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing);

>>>>> yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto a 1

>>>>> TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and so far

>>>>> I can't find a way to get rid of it:

>>>>>

>>>>> 1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed

>>>>> ownership of the file to myself - didnt help;

>>>>> 2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as

>>>>> this file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none.

>>>>> 3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none

>>>>> 4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems

>>>>>

>>>>> I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with the

>>>>> file, even just renaming it.

>>>>>

>>>>> I'm totally lost - had similar problem in the office with a file on a

>>>>> network share but it helped changing ownership.

>>>>>

>>>>> Any help is greatly appreciated!

>>>>>

>>>>> Thank you in advance,

>>>>> Andrey

>>

[Guest Muzzzy]

Re: Access denied on a particular file

 

Peter Foldes wrote:

> Shot in the dark maybe. Is Windows RMS installed by any chance

>

I dont think i have it installed

[Guest Coraleigh Miller]

Re: Access denied on a particular file

 

Try this out.. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120716/

 

Coraleigh

 

 

"Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

news:OtEmpLjzHHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>I used Unlocker (if you google Unlocker, thats' the first app you will

>see). Anyway, it's just some exe file from some code i wrote 5 years ago;

>it's in archive and not used for sure

>

>

> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>> When you checked to see if a process had locked the file, did you use a

>> comprehensive program like Microsft Process Explorer?

>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

>>

>> Coraleigh

>>

>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>> news:uEveFhizHHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> I right click on the file, go to security->advanced->ownership and i see

>>> my account as owner; i also see that my account has full rights on the

>>> file. I did try shift-del and from cmd - same error "access denied"...

>>>

>>> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>>>> You could try a shift-delete on it, or try and delete through dos

>>>> command.

>>>> After you changed ownership did you confirm that your user account

>>>> repropigated down with full rights from the parent folder?

>>>>

>>>> Coraleigh

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>>>> news:elIoGQizHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> The full path including filename is 63 characters where filename

>>>>> itself is "nc.exe", so path length is not an issue; also i have other

>>>>> files in that folder and those are fine

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Coraleigh Miller wrote:

>>>>>> Is the total pathname, including the file name, very long? I have

>>>>>> had some luck deleting these access denied files when nothing else

>>>>>> worked by shortening the pathname. I shortened it by temporarily

>>>>>> renaming each of the parent folders to like one letter, and then i

>>>>>> was able to delete the file. It occurs to me now though that perhaps

>>>>>> if you were to create a share path to the immediate parent folder the

>>>>>> file is in, and then try and delete the file, accesing via your new

>>>>>> share path, that this might work. Let me know if it does. :-)

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Coraleigh Miller

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "Muzzzy" <tnr@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message

>>>>>> news:%23fZHq7hzHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>> Hi,

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing);

>>>>>>> yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto

>>>>>>> a 1 TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and

>>>>>>> so far I can't find a way to get rid of it:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> 1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed

>>>>>>> ownership of the file to myself - didnt help;

>>>>>>> 2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as

>>>>>>> this file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none.

>>>>>>> 3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none

>>>>>>> 4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with the

>>>>>>> file, even just renaming it.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I'm totally lost - had similar problem in the office with a file on

>>>>>>> a network share but it helped changing ownership.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Any help is greatly appreciated!

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Thank you in advance,

>>>>>>> Andrey

>>