PC Tips : Taking Ownership of Access Denied Folder(s)

If you reinstall Windows XP, sometimes you can get an error of Access Denied when trying to open a previous user's files / directory. Use the below steps to take ownership of that :

Log on to Administrator OR user with admin rights
Right click on specific folder and select Properties
Goto Security tab and click the Advanced button
Click on Owner tab and in the list of Names, click on your name
Then, click on Replace owner on subcontainers and objects and press OK and Yes

Now you can open the folder and browse.