[CalcProgrammer1]

In Windows 7 I managed to really mess up my D: drive's permissions. For some reason, changing the sharing permissions for network took away local permissions and even stranger, these permissions held even across XP and now Vista.

I'm in Vista now and I can't access a folder on my second drive (just storage, no programs). I want ANYONE to be able to read this drive locally, but I can't change permissions on it and I can't get in and although UAC comes up it still won't let me in.

I'm using an administrator account (the only account on my PC) so I'm not sure why it's denying me, I should be able to access anything as admin.

EDIT:

After restarting and disabling UAC, I was able to change the permissions on most of the drive to full access.

HOWEVER, the idiot thing denies me access to some folders completely:



Remember. I'M AN *********** ADMINISTRATOR! Admins should have FULL CONTROL! WTF?

Never mind, Windows 7 apparently set the User to a garbage value (just a bunch of random numbers) and reclaiming ownership of the folder re-enabled it. However, there is one folder containing one file that Windows still cannot see.

"D:\Software\Windows Software\Games\Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location."

I know FOR A FACT that this file exists because I can access it in Linux just fine. Considering it's just a <100MB EXE I could probably just copy it out and back in using Linux, but it's still ridiculous that Vista refuses to see something that an imperfect, reverse-engineered implementation of NTFS sees just fine.

[Mak213]

Remember that Vista as well as Win7 do not create a Admin account! They create a power user account with Admin rights.

The Admin account is hidden!

This is the same setup for Vista as it is for Win7. You have to read the topic that i created in the index about taking ownership of files in Vista.

[CalcProgrammer1]

As my normal user account I was able to change ownership with the Advanced button, for the D: drive I set it to "Everyone" (I may move the D: drive to an external enclosure so I don't want it tied to a particular user on this particular PC). As for the broken directory, I deleted it in Ubuntu, then did a Check Disk. Seems to be working fine now.

I'll have to read the topic about taking ownership, want to get rid of mfpmp.exe or disable it.

[Mak213]

You should be able to just delete it. That is only tied to DRM. But then again if you install a codec pack like KLite you shouldnt ever be bothered by DRM. I have never disabled it and i have yet to be bothered by anything with DRM.

[CalcProgrammer1]

This computer is a Sempron 1.8GHz and when mfpmp gets up to 15% or so (on unprotected MP3's) the music can start to lag. Doesn't happen in VLC or when mfpmp is deleted. I'll probably delete it then install KLite.