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Re: Access is denied after windows reinstallation

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:04:48 +0100

On 27.02.2010 21:00, John Wilkinson wrote:
> On 26 Feb, 21:01, Andy Levy<andy.l..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 15:28, John Wilkinson
>>
>> <john.wilkinso..._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?
>
> I don't think I have NTFS permissions applied. I am not sure how to
> check this but if I right click on a file there is no "security" tag.
> I am using the same anti-virus program as previously, Kaspersky.

If you don't see the 'security' tab, you most likely have the home
version of Windows.
Boot into safe mode, there the 'security' tab is available also in those
versions. Then add yourself with full access to all the folders.

Stefan

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