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Originally posted by mwe99
If you're folder is corrupted it wont load, and yes it you have the correct permissions as an admin you can access any folder you need to.
No you can't. folders under the Documents and Settings can be encrypted. So unless you log in with exactly the same windows useraccount and password, that folder stays encrypted because it was encrypted with the name (and password) of that user. If the user doesn't exist anymore, Windows has no idea what to use the decypher the folder....
The only solution would be doing what Fergy suggested, nothing else can be done...
Doing a manual "system restore" (or better: overwriting system files like that) is not a good thing to do.... you should use system restore or a legit recovery disc (cd) or the Windows setup cd to fix such things... It is very well possible that you now have corrupted the directory beyond repair by trying to fix it manually...
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