I was in My Pictures folder and deleted an empty folder. All of a sudden My Pictures folder disappeared. When I look under the Users profile - then mine - I see a pictures folder but can not access it - Access Denied. I looked at the persmissions under Properties - Security and it states the Administrators and my profile have access - but it will not display the current premissions and I can not change them as I get access denied. The folder is marked as read-only as well I created another Admin account - same problem can not get in. If I can not get this folder back - i will be loosing alot of pictures :-( Mark

See : http://www.blogsdna.com/2159/how-to-take-ownership-grant-permissions-to-access-files-folder-in-windows-7.htm Jerry