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[Andreas]

I have seen a sililar response on this but I still want to expand on it. I
have backed up my signatures folder from my XP profile and now I want to
copy them back. They used to be in the Application data folder before but
now Access is denied there. How am I going to copy my signatures or any
other similar application data back to those folders. The reply from
previous post is that you don't need to access those folders and that they
are just pointers to the Users visible folders. Is that really true? then
where are my application data stored ?

 

[Jon]

I have seen a sililar response on this but I still want to expand on it. I
have backed up my signatures folder from my XP profile and now I want to
copy them back. They used to be in the Application data folder before but
now Access is denied there. How am I going to copy my signatures or any
other similar application data back to those folders. The reply from
previous post is that you don't need to access those folders and that they
are just pointers to the Users visible folders. Is that really true? then
where are my application data stored ?

Start > %appdata%
should open up the folder

What you clicked on previously was probably what's known in the trade as a
'junction'. - looks like a shortcut but it behaves like a folder.

You can access the folders they point to, but you should leave the deny
'List folder / read data' for 'Everyone' on the junctions pointing to them.
The reason for this is because there are a number of junctions within
folders that point back to their parent folder, for which the 'Application
Data' junctions are a prime example. If you run a program that recursively
runs through subfolders for such folders, then you will see far more files
than you bargained for.

You can see this in action, if you want, by trying a 'dir /s' command on a
folder containing a junction that points to its parent folder,with or
without an 'Everyone' deny ace on that junction.

So the 'permission denied' is really to help programs run properly, rather
than restrict you in any way.