Jon

"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
news:OpFYOVoXHHA.4520@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> This one would seem to be quite a major bug, unless I've missed something,
> or it's been fixed by one of the recent updates.
>
> The link 'All Users' in c:\Users would appear to be a shortcut to
> c:\ProgramData rather than a junction to it.
>
> This means that any application attempting to write to
>
> c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\.... or to its subfolders would fail.
>
> and hence might explain some of the compatibility problems with older
> programs that people are having.
>
>
> If that is the case then you can fix the problem by deleting the 'All
> Users' shortcut in C:\Users, and running this command from an elevated
> command prompt
>
> mklink /j "C:\Users\All Users" "C:\ProgramData"
>
> If I've made a mistake here, then please let me know.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>

Oops, my mistake - looks like it's a symlink, not a standard shortcut. Still
odd that it's the odd one out of the bunch, though.

Anyhow apologies. Ignore the previous post.

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Jon