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Have you gotten an “Access Denied” error when you try to open a folder or a file created in a Windows 7 machine to Windows XP?

It happened to me yesterday.  This is what I did to fix this problem.

First Step:  Disable the SIMPLE FILE SHARING of Windows XP.

• Click Start then click My Computer.
• On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
• Click the View tab.
• In the Advanced Settings section, look for Use simple file sharing (Recommended) uncheck it and click ok.

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Second Step: How to take ownership of a folder

• Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of,  then click Properties.
• Click the Security tab then click Advanced
• Click the Owner tab.

In the Name list,  you will see your username, you can click it , or click Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator  or you can  click the Administrators group.

If you want to take ownership of the contents of the folder, check the Replace owner on sub containers and objects checkbox.

Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:

You do not have permission to read the contents of  directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?

If you click yes then all permissions will be replaced.

After these steps you should not have this ‘access denied’ error message again.

I think perhaps Microsoft does not want us holding on to these older versions of Windows. I like windows 7 but a lot of people still have XP on other computers in their house/work.

I hope you find this tutorial helpful.