"Netorius77" wrote:

> It appears I have just lost my complete Music folder including all files. I
> have been trying to share the folder with my Network Receiver (Yamaha
> RX-N600) and used the share folder option. This didn't work, so I tried to
> "unshare this" on the network (small home network) and now the folder appears
> to be gone.
>
> I am running XP on a single PC and the network is not complicated at all. It
> is a home pc, with no different levels of user access, so I am effectively
> the "system administrator. I can connect my laptop to it and the Network
> receiver is running as well.
>
> The missing folder was under My Network Places in a seperate folder. Having
> disabled the share I thought it would automatically revert to my Music in My
> documents, but it hasn't, it just seems to have diappeared. Disaster - years
> of accumulated music missing or worse - lost!
>
> I did a search for "mp3" on the C drive (only hard drive) which returned
> none of the music files. I had a look at the shared folders with my laptop
> (on the same network) which shows no shared folders on the Main PC (which I
> guess is what I originally wanted to achieve)
>
> The Document folder that previously contained the shared music folder (I am
> still hopeful I will be able to recover it) gives me the error "The folder
> xxx is not accessible. Access Denied"  Is there anyway to regain access to
> this folder or more importantly find out where the music folder is. I didn't
> delete it so I guess it is there somewhere, just not accessible at the
> moment. Can anyone help me - or guide me in some direction to recover the
> folder - Please!
>

>> It appears I have just lost my complete Music folder including all files. I
>> have been trying to share the folder with my Network Receiver (Yamaha
>> RX-N600) and used the share folder option. This didn't work, so I tried to
>> "unshare this" on the network (small home network) and now the folder appears
>> to be gone.
>>
>> I am running XP on a single PC and the network is not complicated at all. It
>> is a home pc, with no different levels of user access, so I am effectively
>> the "system administrator. I can connect my laptop to it and the Network
>> receiver is running as well.
>>
>> The missing folder was under My Network Places in a seperate folder. Having
>> disabled the share I thought it would automatically revert to my Music in My
>> documents, but it hasn't, it just seems to have diappeared. Disaster - years
>> of accumulated music missing or worse - lost!
>>
>> I did a search for "mp3" on the C drive (only hard drive) which returned
>> none of the music files. I had a look at the shared folders with my laptop
>> (on the same network) which shows no shared folders on the Main PC (which I
>> guess is what I originally wanted to achieve)
>>
>> The Document folder that previously contained the shared music folder (I am
>> still hopeful I will be able to recover it) gives me the error "The folder
>> xxx is not accessible. Access Denied"  Is there anyway to regain access to
>> this folder or more importantly find out where the music folder is. I didn't
>> delete it so I guess it is there somewhere, just not accessible at the
>> moment. Can anyone help me - or guide me in some direction to recover the
>> folder - Please!
>
>Further Note - it appears that the folder has been moved to the All User
>directory which gives me the same "Access denied" error message mentioned
>previously. Any suggestion on how to remove this access limitation (I am the
>system administrator)

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <C561DF93-801F-4BB8-B0B8-27494C7BB***@microsoft.com>,
> Netorius77 <Netoriu***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> It appears I have just lost my complete Music folder including all files. I
> >> have been trying to share the folder with my Network Receiver (Yamaha
> >> RX-N600) and used the share folder option. This didn't work, so I tried to
> >> "unshare this" on the network (small home network) and now the folder appears
> >> to be gone.
> >>
> >> I am running XP on a single PC and the network is not complicated at all. It
> >> is a home pc, with no different levels of user access, so I am effectively
> >> the "system administrator. I can connect my laptop to it and the Network
> >> receiver is running as well.
> >>
> >> The missing folder was under My Network Places in a seperate folder. Having
> >> disabled the share I thought it would automatically revert to my Music in My
> >> documents, but it hasn't, it just seems to have diappeared. Disaster - years
> >> of accumulated music missing or worse - lost!
> >>
> >> I did a search for "mp3" on the C drive (only hard drive) which returned
> >> none of the music files. I had a look at the shared folders with my laptop
> >> (on the same network) which shows no shared folders on the Main PC (which I
> >> guess is what I originally wanted to achieve)
> >>
> >> The Document folder that previously contained the shared music folder (I am
> >> still hopeful I will be able to recover it) gives me the error "The folder
> >> xxx is not accessible. Access Denied"  Is there anyway to regain access to
> >> this folder or more importantly find out where the music folder is. I didn't
> >> delete it so I guess it is there somewhere, just not accessible at the
> >> moment. Can anyone help me - or guide me in some direction to recover the
> >> folder - Please!
> >
> >Further Note - it appears that the folder has been moved to the All User
> >directory which gives me the same "Access denied" error message mentioned
> >previously. Any suggestion on how to remove this access limitation (I am the
> >system administrator)
>
> Follow the steps in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article to get
> access to the folder:
>
> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>

"Netorius77" wrote:

> Thanks - I am familiar with this procedure.
>
> The main problem is when I right click on the folder, I automatically get
> the error message "The folder xxx is not accessible. Access Denied". I do not
> get the opportunity to view the properties of the folder.
>
> "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > In article <C561DF93-801F-4BB8-B0B8-27494C7BB***@microsoft.com>,
> > Netorius77 <Netoriu***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >> It appears I have just lost my complete Music folder including all files. I
> > >> have been trying to share the folder with my Network Receiver (Yamaha
> > >> RX-N600) and used the share folder option. This didn't work, so I tried to
> > >> "unshare this" on the network (small home network) and now the folder appears
> > >> to be gone.
> > >>
> > >> I am running XP on a single PC and the network is not complicated at all. It
> > >> is a home pc, with no different levels of user access, so I am effectively
> > >> the "system administrator. I can connect my laptop to it and the Network
> > >> receiver is running as well.
> > >>
> > >> The missing folder was under My Network Places in a seperate folder. Having
> > >> disabled the share I thought it would automatically revert to my Music in My
> > >> documents, but it hasn't, it just seems to have diappeared. Disaster - years
> > >> of accumulated music missing or worse - lost!
> > >>
> > >> I did a search for "mp3" on the C drive (only hard drive) which returned
> > >> none of the music files. I had a look at the shared folders with my laptop
> > >> (on the same network) which shows no shared folders on the Main PC (which I
> > >> guess is what I originally wanted to achieve)
> > >>
> > >> The Document folder that previously contained the shared music folder (I am
> > >> still hopeful I will be able to recover it) gives me the error "The folder
> > >> xxx is not accessible. Access Denied"  Is there anyway to regain access to
> > >> this folder or more importantly find out where the music folder is. I didn't
> > >> delete it so I guess it is there somewhere, just not accessible at the
> > >> moment. Can anyone help me - or guide me in some direction to recover the
> > >> folder - Please!
> > >
> > >Further Note - it appears that the folder has been moved to the All User
> > >directory which gives me the same "Access denied" error message mentioned
> > >previously. Any suggestion on how to remove this access limitation (I am the
> > >system administrator)
> >
> > Follow the steps in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article to get
> > access to the folder:
> >
> > How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421/en-us
> > --
> > Best Wishes,
> > Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
> >
> > Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> > for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> > addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
> >
> > Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >