Jimmy,
See;
That was a quick, concise answer.
You da Man.

Jeff
P.S. Avast doesn't look at those junctions anymore; but the "hall of
Mirrors" is still in this build.


"Jimmy Brush" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Many folders used by earlier versions of Windows have been moved to a new
location or given a new name in Windows Vista. However, the old folders
can still be seen if you have enabled Show Hidden Files.

Notice they are displayed with a transparent icon and a shortcut symbol.

Although these look like folders, they are actually what is known as a
junction. Junctions behave like shortcuts, but look just like regular
folders.

Their purpose is to silently redirect programs that access them to their
Windows Vista equivalent.

Since junctions aren't really folders, it is not possible to access them,
and any attempt to do so will give you an "Access Denied" error. You will
need to learn the replacement for the location you are trying to access.

For example, Documents and Settings is now the Users folder.

You can see where a junction is pointing to by typing "dir /a" from the
command prompt - the location of the junctions will be shown in brackets.


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- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/