I have a clean install of Windows 7 on a new hard drive. I also installed Office Enterprise 2007. I have the previous hard drive plugged into the system and am tryint to move my files across. When I try to move the outlook data files from the old location G:\Documents and Settings\...\Local Settings\Microsoft\Outlook\ to a folder on my new hard drive, it tells me I need aministrator permission to movethe file. I am the only user on the system and have admin priveledges. How do I overcome this permissions garbage?Or... how do I migrate my existing Outlook.pst file from the XP install into my new install of Outlook on Win 7? Thanks

Take the ownership of the file and then you should be able to move it. Right click the file, select properties. Select Security tab from the properties window. Click Advanced. Select the owner tab. Click Edit. It will tell you who the current owner is. Most likely it will be system. Select your user account from the change owner to: and make sure that you select Replace owner on subcontainers and objects. Wait for it to finish. OK out of the windows. Try to move the file now. Most likely you should be able to.

> How do I overcome this permissions garbage?If you areasking how to avoid the UAC prompts in general, the feature is easily disabled. Microsoft would advise you do not do so, since they feel normally not having privileges without an interactively acknowledged prompt will thwart unexpected attacks by malware.Frankly, it gets in the way of a knowledgeable user doing real work.Keep your system free of malware by good practices and proper malware protection software, operate your system knowledgeably, and running as an administrator without UAC can bemore convenient. That's why it's configurable.To disable UAC, Control Panel - User Accounts, then click "Change User Account Control settings". The "Never notify" setting will avoid UAC prompts.Now, if you do have a bona fide file permissionsissue - i.e., where you are not going to be allowed to do somethingbecause you don't have permissions to do so (such as what AjayBerry has alluded to) -Explorer will still prompt you as though UAC were enabled,but ultimately the operation will fail.-Noel

Hi, If possible, please also copy this file to some other folder and see if it can be accessed. Nicholas Li - MSFT