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Vista and W2K and NTFS?
Hi all,
Can a Windows 2000 Pro with SP4 read an NTFS file system that was created with Vista Basic? What can I do if W2K gives me the error message f:\documents and settings is not accessable. Access is denied. ? thanks, charles.... |
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Vista and W2K and NTFS?
Charles
This is normal. The old Documents and Settings folder has been retired and that location is now called %systemroot%\Users. The Documents and Settings folder you are seeing is a Junction whose sole purpose is to redirect legacy programs to the new \Users folder. This is why you see the shortcut overlay on that folder. Junction points cannot be opened and contain no data. Here is a website that has a more detailed explanation of this as well as a list of all the Junctions with the old locations and the new locations they point to in Vista. Svrops.com - Windows Vista Junction Points: http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "***** charles" wrote in message et... Hi all, Can a Windows 2000 Pro with SP4 read an NTFS file system that was created with Vista Basic? What can I do if W2K gives me the error message f:\documents and settings is not accessable. Access is denied. ? thanks, charles.... |
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Vista and W2K and NTFS?
Hi Ronnie and thanks for the feedback.
I did get into the documents folder for the one user that was on the system. I got 19 files from the documents folder on F to copy to my C drive. I tried to go into a subfolder under documents and I got a "My Music is not accessable. Access is denied." and it had zero bytes in size when I did a properties on it. Does this mean that the contents are lost if there was anything in that subfolder? I tried taking ownership of lots of directories and that didn't seem to help. What's my next step? thanks, charles..... "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote in message ... Charles This is normal. The old Documents and Settings folder has been retired and that location is now called %systemroot%\Users. The Documents and Settings folder you are seeing is a Junction whose sole purpose is to redirect legacy programs to the new \Users folder. This is why you see the shortcut overlay on that folder. Junction points cannot be opened and contain no data. Here is a website that has a more detailed explanation of this as well as a list of all the Junctions with the old locations and the new locations they point to in Vista. Svrops.com - Windows Vista Junction Points: http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "***** charles" wrote in message et... Hi all, Can a Windows 2000 Pro with SP4 read an NTFS file system that was created with Vista Basic? What can I do if W2K gives me the error message f:\documents and settings is not accessable. Access is denied. ? thanks, charles.... |
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Vista and W2K and NTFS?
Charles
If you look at the link I posted about Junction points, you'll see that the "My Music" folder is a junction, not a normal folder. You cannot move or copy files to these junctions. You should get an access denied error if you do try to copy files to a junction and this is what should happen. You don't want to try and change permissions, take ownership or do anything else to force a change with these junctions. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "***** charles" wrote in message . net... Hi Ronnie and thanks for the feedback. I did get into the documents folder for the one user that was on the system. I got 19 files from the documents folder on F to copy to my C drive. I tried to go into a subfolder under documents and I got a "My Music is not accessable. Access is denied." and it had zero bytes in size when I did a properties on it. Does this mean that the contents are lost if there was anything in that subfolder? I tried taking ownership of lots of directories and that didn't seem to help. What's my next step? thanks, charles..... "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote in message ... Charles This is normal. The old Documents and Settings folder has been retired and that location is now called %systemroot%\Users. The Documents and Settings folder you are seeing is a Junction whose sole purpose is to redirect legacy programs to the new \Users folder. This is why you see the shortcut overlay on that folder. Junction points cannot be opened and contain no data. Here is a website that has a more detailed explanation of this as well as a list of all the Junctions with the old locations and the new locations they point to in Vista. Svrops.com - Windows Vista Junction Points: http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "***** charles" wrote in message et... Hi all, Can a Windows 2000 Pro with SP4 read an NTFS file system that was created with Vista Basic? What can I do if W2K gives me the error message f:\documents and settings is not accessable. Access is denied. ? thanks, charles.... |
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Vista and W2K and NTFS?
Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
Charles This is normal. The old Documents and Settings folder has been retired and that location is now called %systemroot%\Users. The Documents and Settings folder you are seeing is a Junction whose sole purpose is to redirect legacy programs to the new \Users folder. This is why you see the shortcut overlay on that folder. Junction points cannot be opened and contain no data. Here is a website that has a more detailed explanation of this as well as a list of all the Junctions with the old locations and the new locations they point to in Vista. Svrops.com - Windows Vista Junction Points: http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm Ronnie, Thanks for the info. I was wondering about those "folders"..... -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services |
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Vista and W2K and NTFS?
Hey,
I have found the following to give me access denied under the "F:\User\Fred\*.*" directory: Application Data Cookies Local Settings My Documents NetHood PrintHood Recent SentTo Start Menu Templates Does this mean that all of the above subdirestories under the user name are "junction points"? I am surprised at the Start Menu one and wonder where that one went. thanks, charles.... |
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Vista and W2K and NTFS?
Charles
If you read the article that I posted the link to, you'll understand why you are seeing those folders there. Any folder that has a 'shortcut' (arrow) icon is a junction point. The article has a list of these juncctions, their locations and the new location for those folders in Vista. Here it is again. Svrops.com - Windows Vista Junction Points: http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "***** charles" wrote in message . net... Hey, I have found the following to give me access denied under the "F:\User\Fred\*.*" directory: Application Data Cookies Local Settings My Documents NetHood PrintHood Recent SentTo Start Menu Templates Does this mean that all of the above subdirestories under the user name are "junction points"? I am surprised at the Start Menu one and wonder where that one went. thanks, charles.... |