Windows – Publish from Visual Studio to website causes “access denied”

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I published a website using VS2005 to Win2k Server. No errors were generated.
When I visit the page, I see this error:

Failed to start monitoring changes to 'E:\path\to\bin' because access is denied.

I logged in to the box with an Administrator account – and the folder won't let me change permissions or even view the files! It says "access denied".

I'm a little stumped because this error is preventing the application from running.

Any suggestions?

Update: When I right-click on the folder and choose "properties" – the security tab doesn't even show up – I can't get to this folder with any account on the box. I'm really stumped (and a bit worried)

Update2: Tried to take ownership through the parent folder – access denied. Tried to use the Security Policy editor and reset NTFS permissions – "The data is invalid" error. What in the world did Visual Studio screw up – and why in the world is Win2k preventing all access to these folders?!

Update3: I created a new folder on the server and changed the location of the .NET application's virtual directory so I can at least get it back up and running. I'm still stuck with this rogue folder that I can't do anything with.

Best Answer

Can use CACLS to see who has access to the folder?

For e.g.

CACLS C:\FOLDERNAME

If yes then can you reset the user's password and runas that user to change permissions on the folder? For e.g.:

runas /user:USERNAME "CACLS C:\FOLDERNAME\ /T /E /G EVERYONE:F"

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