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Old March 23rd 08, 05:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
John A Grandy[_2_]
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Default Documents and Settings

In Explorer I try to view the contents of "c:\Documents and Settings" but it
gives me an access denied message.

How can I enable viewing of this folder ?

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Old March 23rd 08, 05:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
Dave
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You can't. It's not a folder in Vista, it's a junction point.
Most of the old XP standard folders, like "My.." are junction points. They
are for older software that are unaware of Vista's new folder structure.
They redirect the files to Vista's locations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point
http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm

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In Explorer I try to view the contents of "c:\Documents and Settings" but
it gives me an access denied message.

How can I enable viewing of this folder ?


 




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