Using Folders

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Running Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium. When I try to open some
folders I get a message that says "C:\Users\bryant\\Documents\My Pictures is
not accessible. Access is denied". How do I correct this? Thanks.
 
Lavert said:
Running Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium. When I try to open some
folders I get a message that says "C:\Users\bryant\\Documents\My Pictures
is
not accessible. Access is denied". How do I correct this? Thanks.
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There is no "My Pictures" in Vista. All the "My" folders ("My Computer", "My
Documents", "My Music", "My Pictures") are virtual folders called
"junctions". They are only there to provide backwards compatibility support
for old software that expects these directories to exist. You can't access
them.

If you *created* a folder called "My Pictures" in the correct path for Vista
(as you have it, C:\Users\bryant\....etc.) it is possible that because it
has the same name as the virtual junction My Pictures there is a problem.
Or perhaps you moved the Pictures folder?

Please check the path again and post back with any more pertinent details if
you need more help. The usual path for the Pictures directory in Vista is:

C:\Users\bryant[username]\Pictures.

Malke
 
Lavert said:
Running Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium. When I try to open some
folders I get a message that says "C:\Users\bryant\\Documents\My Pictures
is not accessible. Access is denied". How do I correct this? Thanks.
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You correct it by learning that this is a junction, not a folder, is only
there for backwards compatibility, isn't where your files are, and that you
can't put them there.

You only see this because you've turned on "view everything".

HTH
-pk
 
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