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Cannot change file permissions in Windows 7

Windows 7 PC

User to be a member of domain A

Now moved to domain B

I want to copy the files from the users folder for old user in dowmain a to that for new user in domain B

However when I try to set the file permisisons or ownership for the old domain A fiolder it says I don't have permission

I am logged in as domain admin and I am also a member of the local administrators group

I can no longer log in as the domain A user as it seems to have cleared the credentials cache

Any ideas?

Also is there an easier/ better way to transfer the files from one domain user account to another?

Thanks

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Paul197466

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As I said in my post, I can no longer log in as the old domain user

I have tried the local administrator and that does not work either

rfportilla

You did not say that you could not log in to the old domain; you said that you could not log in as the domain user using the credentials cache. If you could still log into the old domain as an admin, you could take ownership of those files and set the permissions accordingly.

Is it fair to say that the old domain server is completely gone?

vmagan

It seems like he is logged in to the old domain as a domain admin. Is this correct?

Paul197466

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The old domain server has gone

However I tried again logging in as the local administrator and setting ownership first (I think first time I tried to set permissions first)

That worked

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