The "Access Denied" Folder

[Gregoshi]

This is the easiest unlocking utility I've found...

I get an unsafe website warning from IE when I click on the link.

Thanks for the info as well Xiahou. I didn't get much accomplished other than backing up stuff incase any additional measures go awry.

[R'as al Ghul]

I get an unsafe website warning from IE when I click on the link.

No, the website is fine. No worries.
I've been using the unlocker tool for quite some time now and I works great.

R'as

[Gregoshi]

Is there another site from which to get the unlocker utility? Windows security definitely does not like the web site (not just a popup, but the whole browser window background goes red with warning text - never ran into that before) and warns of viruses and potential exposure of personal/sensitive data on my PC. When I press on, and get linked to the Brothersoft(?) site which actually has the download, the unlocker download yields a second warning that the file has been reported as unsafe. I hear ya saying it okay, but I don't visit sites that invoke such a violent reaction from Microsoft (yes, I know talking about Microsoft...) and my warm and fuzzies about this have gone cold. Call me chicken.

Anyway, I wouldn't mind having the unlocker utility but I think I'm going to go with more extreme measures. I did manage to recover the "missing" TIFF picture files via Easeus' Data Recovery Wizard program. However, I've run into a couple of other folders on the drive that are experiencing the same issue and these folders have had nothing to do with the actions that caused the original problem (or so it seems). It seems the file system is hosed and seems unrecoverable. So what I've decided to do is to copy everything off the drive and onto another drive and then reformat the offending drive. I think I'll only use this physical drive as an backup/archive low activity drive rather than one with frequent activities.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

[R'as al Ghul]

Is there another site from which to get the unlocker utility?

I downloaded the thing, scanned it with todays definitions and uploaded it to here: http://rapidshare.com/files/34476032...1.8.8.exe.html R'as

[Gregoshi]

Thanks R'as. You're the best!

[Gregoshi]

The unlocker utility worked perfect. It told me there was no "lock handle" (I think that was the term), but gave me the option to rename/move/delete anyway. That did the trick. The bad folders are gone. Thanks for that utility recommendation.

[R'as al Ghul]

The unlocker utility worked perfect. It told me there was no "lock handle" (I think that was the term), but gave me the option to rename/move/delete anyway. That did the trick. The bad folders are gone. Thanks for that utility recommendation.

Unlocker rocks.