"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message
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> In news:OYPTNWCZHHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,
> FK <name@company.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I can`t access any item in my Documents and Settings folder
>> that is a
>> short cut (vs an actual folder).
>> I just get this message thats says:
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings is not accessible.
>> Access is denied.
>>
>> Likewise in my C:\Users\My-Name folder I cannot access
>> anything that
>> is portrayed as a short cut.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>>
>> Frank
>
> They're not shortcuts, they're junction points. Here's an
> article that does a pretty good job of explaining exactly what
> you're seeing.
>
> Windows Vista Junction Points
> http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/jo...on-Points.aspx
>
> Here's the explanation from the book "Windows Vista Inside and
> Out".
>
> **************************************************************************************
> How Windows Vista Maintains Compatibility with Windows XP
>
> Most applications that write to profile locations get those locations from
> the operating system as needed, rather than writing to absolute addresses.
> (Among other things, this
> allows applications to handle relocated folders.) A Windows XP program
> that's well behaved will have no trouble accommodating the changed names
> and locations of profile folders in Windows Vista. On the other hand, a
> program that looks for Documents
> and Settings (the root of profile folders in Windows XP) as an absolute
> address could have a problem-were it not for the junctions (reparse
> points) that Windows Vista uses to redirect Windows XP folder names to the
> appropriate Windows Vista names.
>
> You can see how these junctions are set up by running a Command Prompt
> session and typing dir %userprofile%\ /ad.
>
> The reparse points in this directory list are identified by the label
> <JUNCTION>. The third column in the display lists the Windows XP folder
> name (SendTo, for example) followed, in brackets, by the redirect address
> (F:\Users\Craig\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\
> Windows\SendTo). If you display the same folder (%UserProfile%) in Windows
> Explorer, with hidden and system files visible, the junctions will look
> like shortcuts and won't include any information about their targets. If
> you try to open one of these items, you'll be rebuffed. That's because in
> all of these junctions, the Everyone group has a Deny access control entry
> preventing users from listing folder contents. This Deny ACE may seem
> drastic, but it's Windows Vista's way of telling you to keep your hands
> off the compatibility infrastructure.
>
> ***************************************************************************************
> Translated, leave them alone.
>
> Note: To open a command prompt window, Start -> All Programs ->
> Accessories -> Command Prompt. Or enter command in the Search box. Command
> Prompt should show up in the results. Then enter dir %userprofile%\ /ad at
> the prompt to see a graphical display of what both the web site and the
> book are explaining.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>
Thank, that explains things.
All I was trying to do was add a program to the Startup folder and now I am
able.
F