thanks Rick, i already found that :P

thanks again for the reply.

// chall3ng3r //

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You need to take ownership of the other files before you can change
> permissions. Right click a folder and select permissions. From the security
> tab you want to click advanced. From the Owner tab, click edit and change it
> to your current user account. Make sure to check the box so that this
> extends to all subcontainers. It will take a bit of time for this to run.
> Then close the permissions dialog and reopen it, you should then be able to
> alter any other user account access lists.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "chall3ng3r" <chall3ng3r@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FD0D891B-1CE8-4601-BC7C-904449317C84@microsoft.com...
> > hello,
> >
> > in my previous xp installations, i never reformated all drives. i just
> > formated c: which actullay contains the os and all other programs i've
> > installed on it. so, i kept safe my data all the time on other drives.
> >
> > all my drives are ntfs.
> >
> > in some previouse xp installs, i tried to apply permissions to invidual
> > files & folders. later i reinstalled xp many times, and now switched to
> > vista. now many of these files & folders are not accessable, and i get
> > access
> > denied error when i try to open the folder.
> >
> > can anyone tell me how i can RESET permissions to default on my all other
> > drives (other than c? and also how i can unlock those locked files &
> > folders.
> >
> > many thanks,
> >
> > // chall3ng3r //
> >
> >
>
>