Sorry if I gave you a bum steer there. I can't seem to get any shortcut that
shows C:\Documents and Settings. So I assumed yourse were XP shortcuts.
"FK" <name@company.com> wrote in message
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> "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.
>
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