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March 24th 07, 08:44 AM
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access denied to files folders.
What folders?
-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote in message ... I sign on as administartor and try to open folders and get access denied. How do i correct this. 
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March 24th 07, 10:07 AM
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access denied to files folders.
Oh "My"!
-- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... What folders? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote in message ... I sign on as administartor and try to open folders and get access denied. How do i correct this.
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March 24th 07, 01:38 PM
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access denied to files folders.
allusers, Documents and settings, users/ settings/default user
cookies, apt data under don "Richard G. Harper" wrote: What folders? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote in message ... I sign on as administartor and try to open folders and get access denied. How do i correct this.
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March 24th 07, 09:39 PM
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access denied to files folders.
Documents and Settings isn't a folder, it's a pointer to the Users folder.
You can't open it. Same for All Users and Default users under the Users folder - just pointers, won't open. Same for Application Data in any profile - just a pointer. These are not areas for the neophyte to be poking about in. What are you trying to accomplish? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote in message ... allusers, Documents and settings, users/ settings/default user cookies, apt data under don "Richard G. Harper" wrote: What folders? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote in message ... I sign on as administartor and try to open folders and get access denied. How do i correct this.
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March 25th 07, 05:25 AM
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access denied to files folders.
"Don" wrote in message
... allusers, Documents and settings, users/ settings/default user cookies, apt data under don "Richard G. Harper" wrote: What folders? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote I sign on as administartor and try to open folders and get access denied. How do i correct this. There is nothing to correct. All those folders that give an access denied that are dimmed and have the curved arrows are junction points. All they contain is a pointer to the actual folder where the data is stored. They are there for compatibility with XP programs but aren't used in Vista. Look in the actual folders they point to. To see what the actual folders are open an elevated command prompt, navigate to the folder where these are located and give the command dir /al -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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March 28th 07, 12:03 AM
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access denied to files folders.
Not sure what im trying to do. just looking over system and trying to figure
out whats what. Not newbie just newbie to vista. thanks "Richard G. Harper" wrote: Documents and Settings isn't a folder, it's a pointer to the Users folder. You can't open it. Same for All Users and Default users under the Users folder - just pointers, won't open. Same for Application Data in any profile - just a pointer. These are not areas for the neophyte to be poking about in. What are you trying to accomplish? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote in message ... allusers, Documents and settings, users/ settings/default user cookies, apt data under don "Richard G. Harper" wrote: What folders? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote in message ... I sign on as administartor and try to open folders and get access denied. How do i correct this.
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March 28th 07, 10:11 AM
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access denied to files folders.
Hi Don,
What Richard is trying to point out is a change in Vista from earlier Win versions. Those folders aren't folders, and there is nothing inside them. They are pointers, there for backwards compatibility with older software that expects them to be there. All they do is redirect the application to the proper folder (for instance, "My Documents" just points to "Documents", the real folder). They are considered system files, so access to them is blocked on all levels to prevent anything from altering thier intended purpose. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Don" wrote in message news  Not sure what im trying to do. just looking over system and trying to figure out whats what. Not newbie just newbie to vista. thanks "Richard G. Harper" wrote: Documents and Settings isn't a folder, it's a pointer to the Users folder. You can't open it. Same for All Users and Default users under the Users folder - just pointers, won't open. Same for Application Data in any profile - just a pointer. These are not areas for the neophyte to be poking about in. What are you trying to accomplish? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote in message ... allusers, Documents and settings, users/ settings/default user cookies, apt data under don "Richard G. Harper" wrote: What folders? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Don" wrote in message ... I sign on as administartor and try to open folders and get access denied. How do i correct this.
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