It all started, doctor, when my cross-network backup started reporting
skipped files. However, it turns out ...

There are some files on my tablet PC, in my My Documents folder and
sub-folders, which cannot be copied when accessed from my backup
machine.

The My Documents folder is shared. The files in question do not show
any special access settings in Properties, or when I display access
settings in Explorer detail view. The remote machine has the same
login and password as the tablet.

The effect is this: there are 19 files that I know of, out of I don't
know, 47,000 files, that cannot be copied from the laptop to the
backup machine. If you use explorer from the backup machine to explore
My Documents on the tablet, you can see all the files. If you go to a
folder containing one of these "access denied" files, you can see them
all. If you drag one of the others to the backup machine's desktop,
it'll go. If you drag one if the 19, you get the "Access is Denied"
message, the one that helpfully suggests that you look to see if your
disk is full or write protected. (It isn't.)

The files are not locked on the tablet, according to Unlocker. I have
rebooted the tablet and let it sit, and the files are still not
accessible.

If you use explorer on the tablet to copy the file and paste the copy
back into the same folder, then on the backup machine you can drag the
Copy to the desktop, but not the original.

If you try the same thing in an Explorer on the backup machine, the
copy appears to work (because it does nothing), and the paste, even to
the shared folder, as well as to the desktop) gets the message. (And
yes, shared users have write access to the folders.)

I'm running XP Pro (Tablet version) on the tablet, and XP Pro (x64) on
the backup machine.

Bottom line: a very few files give access denied. Fixes, ideas, ways
to find out what's happening ... will all be welcome. Or, of course,
directions as to what FM I should R. Thanks!

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com

In message <fsgus2tk2632a3j2go80mn9vbdacp6k5kh@4ax.com>, Ron Jeffries
<ronjeffries@acm.org> writes
>It all started, doctor, when my cross-network backup started reporting
>skipped files. However, it turns out ...
>
>There are some files on my tablet PC, in my My Documents folder and
>sub-folders, which cannot be copied when accessed from my backup
>machine.

I get this on my little network. I don't know why it happens. I do
find that, while simply renaming or saving-as with a new name doesn't
help, copy-pasting the file content into a new file document with a
slightly different name always works. The network opens the new version
even though the content is identical.

I wish somebody could explain this.
--
Trevor Wright

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:58:35 +0000, Trevor Wright
<newstrap@thewrights.uk.com> wrote:

>In message <fsgus2tk2632a3j2go80mn9vbdacp6k5kh@4ax.com>, Ron Jeffries
><ronjeffries@acm.org> writes
>>It all started, doctor, when my cross-network backup started reporting
>>skipped files. However, it turns out ...
>>
>>There are some files on my tablet PC, in my My Documents folder and
>>sub-folders, which cannot be copied when accessed from my backup
>>machine.
>
>I get this on my little network. I don't know why it happens. I do
>find that, while simply renaming or saving-as with a new name doesn't
>help, copy-pasting the file content into a new file document with a
>slightly different name always works. The network opens the new version
>even though the content is identical.
>
>I wish somebody could explain this.

Me, too. Somebody? You out there?

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com