I'm running a P4, 512MB Ram, 40GB HDD (C and D partition) with WinXP Pro SP2. Something went wrong with the installation and ever since I can't get access to my "My Documents" folder.  Windows and all the other software is installed on the C drive and the "My Documents" folder and other data on the D drive. When I try to access the folder I get the following error:  "My Documents is not accessible - Access Denied".  I can't do anything with the folder, not COPY, delete, rename, properties, nothing.  All the other data folder works perfectly without any problems.  When I COMPAIR the total space of the drive to the used space of the other data on the same drive the "My Documents" folder takes up about 5.2GB.  I have already format the C drive and re-installed Win XP Pro with no change.   I have also connected the Hard drive to another pc to try and access the "My documents" folder but get the same "Access Denied" error.  

Before all of this happend someone install a program call "PC Mechanic 6" to tweak the pc or something.
This program did a scan and deleted several .DLL and other files.  At this point the netwoking and internet access stopped functioning.  I managed to restore all the files that was deleted but it did not fix the NETWORKING problem.  We uninstall the "PC Mechanic 6" and did a Windows System Restore to a date before this software was installed.  It was somewhere round about here that we only realized THET the "My Documents" folder was not accessible.  At this point we re-installed WinXP Pro.  Everything else then worked fine again but the "My Documents" folder still give "Access Denied".

If anyone knows how to fix this problem, could you please HELP !!!

Thank youYou need to take ownership of the files. Have a read:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421Thanx for the information on how to take ownership of a directory.
I'm HAPPY again !!  Can access all my documents.*hugs and kisses GX1_Man*

Hurray! Old documents recovered!Glad you are all fixed up, and thanks for posting back. I MEANT, you just helped me recover some of MY documents!Hey, well good for you too!  

Most importantly, the next time you see this question on the forum you will be able to solve it for the poster.Egad, if only I came later. . . . . . .But THANKS A TON, maybe 2!!!! Quote

I'm running a P4, 512MB Ram, 40GB HDD (C and D partition) with WinXP Pro SP2. Something went wrong with the installation and ever since I can't get access to my "My Documents" folder.  Windows and all the other software is installed on the C drive and the "My Documents" folder and other data on the D drive. When I try to access the folder I get the following error:  "My Documents is not accessible - Access Denied".  I can't do anything with the folder, not copy, delete, rename, properties, nothing.  All the other data folder works perfectly without any problems.  When I compair the total space of the drive to the used space of the other data on the same drive the "My Documents" folder takes up about 5.2GB.  I have already format the C drive and re-installed Win XP Pro with no change.   I have also connected the Hard drive to another pc to try and access the "My documents" folder but get the same "Access Denied" error.  

Before all of this happend someone install a program call "PC Mechanic 6" to tweak the pc or something.
This program did a scan and deleted several .DLL and other files.  At this point the netwoking and internet access stopped functioning.  I managed to restore all the files that was deleted but it did not fix the networking problem.  We uninstall the "PC Mechanic 6" and did a Windows System Restore to a date before this software was installed.  It was somewhere round about here that we only realized thet the "My Documents" folder was not accessible.  At this point we re-installed WinXP Pro.  Everything else then worked fine again but the "My Documents" folder still give "Access Denied".

If anyone knows how to fix this problem, could you please HELP !!!

Thank you