Thanks for responding. I did extend to subdirectories, but only goes one or
two levels deep. Deeper folders and file are unaffected.

Thanks and have a Merry Christmas.

Eagle

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> During the process, did you enable the line to extend to subcontainers?
> Without it, you'll get exactly what you are seeing.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "EagleRed@HighFlyingBirds.com"
> <EagleRedHighFlyingBirdscom@discussions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
> news:2211C85B-CDF5-4738-B3FC-B7233AC28DCF@microsoft.com...
> >I have just gone through a variant of this exercise, I set the ownership to
> > the Administrators group instead of my own account. I am a member of this
> > group however. I found that the assumption of ownership is NOT completely
> > recursive. It only seems to extend to child folders one or two levels
> > deep.
> > Beyond that say folders with relative paths like .\sub1\sub2\sub3 are
> > unaffected. I have a large drive with tens of thousands of folders and
> > files
> > where I need to change ownership and grant permissions. I need a good way
> > to
> > do this without having to individually touch each one.
> >
> > Any further ideas.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eagle
> >
> > "chall3ng3r" wrote:
> >
> >> 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 //
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>