How do I recover from "Access Denied" in Excel?

[3 Cabbage]

I created some Excel files (Excel 2000) and I was happily able to edit and
modify them. I then moved them to another directory ready to back them up.
Now whenever I try to access them or copy them I get "Access Denied" How can
I recover from this please? I have tried re-applying XP and Office Service
Packs.

[exceluserforeman]

How did you move them? Maybe move them back to where they were then "Save AS"

"3 Cabbage" wrote:

> I created some Excel files (Excel 2000) and I was happily able to edit and
> modify them. I then moved them to another directory ready to back them up.
> Now whenever I try to access them or copy them I get "Access Denied" How can
> I recover from this please? I have tried re-applying XP and Office Service
> Packs.

[3 Cabbage]

Thanks. I tried this but it did not work. However after experimenting I
found that a higher level directory had got corrupted and thought that it was
no longer owned by me. I used my admin priveledges to reset the directory
and I am able to edit my files again. Thanks once again for your time and
effort.

"exceluserforeman" wrote:

> How did you move them? Maybe move them back to where they were then "Save AS"
>
> "3 Cabbage" wrote:
>
> > I created some Excel files (Excel 2000) and I was happily able to edit and
> > modify them. I then moved them to another directory ready to back them up.
> > Now whenever I try to access them or copy them I get "Access Denied" How can
> > I recover from this please? I have tried re-applying XP and Office Service
> > Packs.