First - a workaround. Change your TEMP envirionment variable so you can function..
Right-click My Computer and click Properties, select Advanced, click Environment Variables button and edit the TEMP variable to C:\TEMP. Create C:\TEMP if it doesn't already exist. Log off and back on. You should now have an accessible Temp folder.

Next, after logging in as an administrator (local or domain), browse to the affected Temp folder in Windows Explorer. From Properties on that folder, select Security, click Advanced, select the Owner tab, select Administrators, check the "Replace owner on subcontainers" box, and click Apply. You can then select the Permissions tab and grant Administrators full-control, and Users-Modify access.

Log off and back on as yourself - you should be able to CD to the old temp folder and create/delete files. Restore your original TEMP variable definition if you can access the personal temp location.

NEVER play with CACLS using only the /G option, as that will remove all System access and permit only the account(s) you specify, requiring the steps above to be performed as an admin to recover access. IF you want to experiment with CACLS, use /E to edit the permissions and grant specific access to a different account. You can use runas to open a command window with alternate credentials and test access rights with little or no ill effects.

Glenn

Thanks Glenn, your suggestions did the trick. Thank you so much!

Thanks! Good to hear it helped!

G-

hey

Yesterday I followed a thread trying to learn to lock file folders using the cacls in the command window. I thought I'd use the "F:\songs" file folder in my "F:" as my target,....actually that folder has huge contents.....folder size may be more than 20GB..... I was able to lock it, but now I can't unlock it.

Here is the code that I used to lock it:
F:\cacls songs /E /P everyone:n
then it showed...

processed dir F:\songs

I could confirm that I was unable to access that folder......... So I then wanted to unlock the folder. I used the following code:

F:\cacls songs /E /P everyone:f

It returns : Access is denied.

...........

what should i do now...i cant access that folder........please reply this soon..........

Neat. It locked you out so you couldn't change it back. Shouldn't it do that?

Ok... jus foolin widja.
songs is the directory on F:, correct?
K, run these in cmd:
cd /d f:
cacls songs /p everyone:f
-it should work.... Since you are doing a blanket change of all users' rights, you don't need the /e parameter.
Check result by
dir songs
...or just browse to songs in Explorer. Next time, play with scratch files or folders you create just so.

hey

Before 2 days, I followed a thread trying to learn to lock file folders using the cacls in the command window.
nd i tried it on my very important folder ,which contain all my important documents ,files,and software...it is of approx size 25 GB.... I was able to lock it.My folder is in
"d:\kpg"
i lock this by this command
c:\>cacls d:kpg /d everyone
it was done...
bt when i tries to unlock it...
c:\> cacls d:kpg /g everyone:f
It give an msg "access is denies"

i hv also tried->
d:\>cacls kpg /p everyone:f
bt it give same msg...

Wht should i do...
Plz Help me...
I m in big trouble..
Plz help me
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
As soon as Possible

hey

Before 2 days, I followed a thread trying to learn to lock file folders using the cacls in the command window.
nd i tried it on my very important folder ,which contain all my important documents ,files,and software...it is of approx size 25 GB.... I was able to lock it.My folder is in
"d:\kpg"
i lock this by this command
c:\>cacls d:kpg /d everyone
it was done...
bt when i tries to unlock it...
c:\> cacls d:kpg /g everyone:f
It give an msg "access is denies"

i hv also tried->
d:\>cacls kpg /p everyone:f
bt it give same msg...

Wht should i do...
Plz Help me...
I m in big trouble..
Plz help me
Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
As soon as Possible

I must admit.... tsk... you deny all permissions to Everyone and then expect anyone to be able to get access? Luckily, this is XP.
If you used cacls d:\kpg /p everyone:n OR cacls d:\kpg /d everyone to lock then the /e parameter will not allow any cmd containing it to work [there are no permissions to edit] eg. cacls d:\kpg /e /p everyone:f will fail, as should cacls d:\kpg /e /r everyone.
Interesting that cacls d:\kpg /p everyone:f did not work for you. It should, it creates new rights in the acl.
cacls d:\kpg /g everyone:f should have worked, also.
Try cacls d:\kpg /e /r everyone, just in case.