UAC - User Account Control

[David Sherman]

I wonder why when I disable UAC, I still don't have access to
files/directories? I am the administrator of the machine and the files
/ folders like "My Music".

Thanks

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Hello,

Those are not really folders. They are called junctions and their purpose is
to point programs that try to access them to their new location. If you try
to access them in explorer, you will get access denied.

For example, the Username\Documents\Music folder has been moved to
Username\Music.

- JB

Vista Support FAQ
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[David Sherman]

Thanks for the input. I found out last night that some of th folders
in c:\user\username were also "blocked" denying me access.

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Yeah, there are a ton of junctions in there.

If you are handy with a command prompt, you can see where the junctions
point to. Simply issue a "dir /a" command and it will show which are
junctions and where they are pointing to in brackets.

- JB

Vista Support FAQ
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[David Sherman]

I have only one.

Microsoft changed the name - I would call "junctions" either aliases
or pointers. or the linux in me calls them symlinks

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Junctions behave similar to folder symlinks in unix, but technically that's
not what they are. As a side note, Vista now supports true folder and file
symlinks via mklink.

Here's the list of folders vs junctions underneath my user folder. The only
ones that give me access denied are the junctions.

<JUNCTION> Application Data
<JUNCTION> Cookies
<JUNCTION> Local Settings
<JUNCTION> My Documents
<JUNCTION> NetHood
<JUNCTION> PrintHood
<JUNCTION> Recent
<JUNCTION> SendTo
<JUNCTION> Start Menu
<JUNCTION> Templates
<DIR> AppData
<DIR> Contacts
<DIR> Desktop
<DIR> Documents
<DIR> Downloads
<DIR> Favorites
<DIR> Links
<DIR> Music
<DIR> Pictures
<DIR> Saved Games
<DIR> Searches
<DIR> Videos

 

[David Sherman]

Thanks for the information.

So what else is new in Vista? and not on this site
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Lots of good info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_Vista

- JB

Vista Support FAQ
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/