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Re: Access is denied after windows reinstallation

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:01:27 -0500

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 15:28, John Wilkinson
<john.wilkinson43_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am using tortoisesvn at home for a personal open source project. Everything worked fine until I reinstalled Windows XP. The repository was on my second disk that was untouched by the reinstallation. Now if I try to commit I get the message:
>
> "Can't open file ;G:\svn\db\txn-current-lock': Access is denied."
>
> I would think it is a user account problem, there is some subtle difference in my old user account to my new one although I have kept the same user name. I have spent some time googling but have found no solution.
>

The user name may be the same but permissions are based on the user
account's SID. Do you have NTFS permissions applied to the
drive/folder in the first place? Did you add and antivirus program
which wasn't there before, or change antivirus programs?

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