Hi, Jim.
Some folders - like Program Files and C:\ (the Root of Drive C
- were
always supposed to be protected, but the restrictions were not enforced by
earlier Windows. Applications should be installed in Program Files, but
those apps should store their data (photos, documents, financial files,
etc.) in folders outside Program Files. Only THE Administrator can violate
these rules in Vista. We may also need permission to access folders that
belong to another user, even if that "other" user is just one of our
pseudonyms; we may need to give ourselves permission or take ownership of
those folders, such as those we've imported from WinXP.
You may have noticed that some tasks, such as installing a new application
or running Device Manager or Disk Management, require you to furnish The
Administrator's password. As this shows, there is a difference between "an
administrator" and "The Administrator". To do certain jobs, we must
right-click on the file and Run as Administrator - and furnish the password.
We also have to do this to access certain folders.
And as Dave says, some "folders" are not really folders at all, but Junction
Points that point to the actual folders. This is mostly for the benefit of
older programs that point to "My Pictures", for example, redirecting them to
C:\Users\ said:
Why am I denied access, and what do I do to fix this?
There are workarounds, but the best course is to learn how to work with the
new security measures.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
