Administrator privileges question

I recently restored my start up drive (from Time Machine drive) after upgrading to snow leopard.
By accident I created another user account in my computer. So then I logged in in my desired account and deleted the new one that was created by accident.
I dont know if it a new feature of SL but I see that some folders have a red dash meaning there are not accessible. When I click on them it says it cannot open because I don't have privileges...
did I mess it up?
There are a few of them but I would like to know if I can remove these red dashes from the folders so they are accessible.
Thanks

Which folders are they? You can try clicking on the folder > Right Click > Get Info. At the bottom, you will see the privileges, click the "+" button and add yourself with Read/Write. That may work.

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thanks for your response. I will first answer on your question.
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