from Windows explorer, Access denied on various folders

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I just installed vista for the first time and and browsing folders on the c
drive. I am the administrator by default but get Access is Denied when
trying to enter certain folders. how can I get access.
 
to copy over things like favorits, etc. I'm used to getting full access to
my pc and frequently access application data stored in a profile. often I
build apps that write data there, then i want go go in and review it.




kirk jim said:
Question, why do you want to go there? lol
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Make sure you are going to the new "/users" directory, and not the old XP
Documents and Settings folder.

-Frank

moondaddy said:
to copy over things like favorits, etc. I'm used to getting full access
to my pc and frequently access application data stored in a profile.
often I build apps that write data there, then i want go go in and review
it.
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moondaddy said:
I just installed vista for the first time and and browsing folders on the c
drive. I am the administrator by default but get Access is Denied when
trying to enter certain folders. how can I get access.
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Certain folders are present in Vista with the same names as in XP, however
they are not used in Vista. An example is the Documents and Settings folder
seen in the root of the drive. These folders are in Vista for compatibility
with legacy apps, but they don't actually contain any data. The just
contain a pointer to the new folder name/location in Vista where the data is
actually stored.

Any folder that is dimmed, has the curved arrow on it, and gives an access
denied message when trying to open it is such a folder. In fact they are
not folders at all but junction points. There is no need for you to access
those folders because there is nothing in it. You also don't want to change
the permissions on them because it could cause problems for legacy apps.

To find out what the real folder name/location open an elevated command
prompt. Click the start orb, type in cmd, and right click on cmd.exe when
it pops up at the top left. Choose run as administrator. Navigate to the
folder containing the folders in question, and give the command:
dir /al

Junctions are designated by the label <Junction>. The actual folder it
points to is at the end of the line in brackets. For example if you
navigate to C:\ and do dir /al it will show Documents and Settings as a
junction with the actual folder being C:\Users.

If there are other locations not covered by this explanation you can't get
to then post back for more help.
 
Thanks this really helps.


Rock said:
Certain folders are present in Vista with the same names as in XP, however
they are not used in Vista. An example is the Documents and Settings
folder seen in the root of the drive. These folders are in Vista for
compatibility with legacy apps, but they don't actually contain any data.
The just contain a pointer to the new folder name/location in Vista where
the data is actually stored.

Any folder that is dimmed, has the curved arrow on it, and gives an access
denied message when trying to open it is such a folder. In fact they are
not folders at all but junction points. There is no need for you to
access those folders because there is nothing in it. You also don't want
to change the permissions on them because it could cause problems for
legacy apps.

To find out what the real folder name/location open an elevated command
prompt. Click the start orb, type in cmd, and right click on cmd.exe when
it pops up at the top left. Choose run as administrator. Navigate to the
folder containing the folders in question, and give the command:
dir /al

Junctions are designated by the label <Junction>. The actual folder it
points to is at the end of the line in brackets. For example if you
navigate to C:\ and do dir /al it will show Documents and Settings as a
junction with the actual folder being C:\Users.

If there are other locations not covered by this explanation you can't get
to then post back for more help.
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