KWilson

Hi Ron. I found your post to be informative. I do want to clarify
something. When I click on C drive and there is a folder that has a shortcut
icon on it (i.e. Documents and Settings folder) and that I can not access as
Permission is Denied, does that always indicate that that particular folder
is a Junction? Does that shortcut icon used on a folder that I can not
access always indicate that that folder is a Junction folder? If so, when I
open the Users folder, All Users and Default User has that same icon on the
folder and while I can open the All Users folder, I can not open the Default
User folder as permission is Denied. But, Default, Public, and my own
folders do not have the icon and I can open those 3 folders. This is very
confusing for me. I can open my own folder but there are subfolders within
that I can not open (i.e. Templates, Local Settings, Application Data), which
brings me to another question of where do I now store Templates. I am
finding this learning process to be a bit of a headache. As with other XP
users, I am not accustomed to being locked out of folders on my system. It
might have been better all around if instead of being denied access a pop-up
might have said, this folder is a marker or Junction folder and contains no
data.

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> rypurdude
>
> There is nothing in those old XP folders, so there is no need to access
> them. The "My" designation for user folders was retired in Vista.
>
> The old XP user folders are now Junctions, which means they simply point to
> the new folder that is used in Vista. They are there for compatibility
> purposes for old programs that are not compatible with Vista. When an older
> program tries to access one of these folders, they are automatically
> redirected to the new user folder in Vista.
>
> You can see a list of these folders using a command prompt.
>
> Go to Start and type cmd and press Enter.
>
> In the command window, type:
>
> dir /aL
>
> Press Enter.
>
> The results will be a list of all the Junctions for the user folders. These
> will show the name of the old XP user folder and the name of the new folder
> that replaces it in Brackets.
>
> A typical line will look like this:
>
> 12/13/2006 04:15 PM <JUNCTION> My Documents [C:\Users\user
> name\Documents]
>
> This line shows the old XP folder, My Documents, is now called Documents and
> it is located in the C:\Users\user name folder. (Where user name is the
> account you are logged on with.
>
> Another thing you need to do is turn UAC back ON. When you turn this off,
> you also disable much of the compatibility and Virtualization that is built
> into Vista.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "rypurdue" <rypurdue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F6A336F8-F6C9-4FB8-9236-A0C188D8428D@microsoft.com...
> > Steve-
> >
> > The KB article was helpful but my problem is slightly different than what
> > is
> > described in the article. If I read it correctly, the article explains how
> > to
> > solve the problem of a "Documents" folder in the start menu not pointing
> > to
> > the correct corresponding "Documents" folder carried over from XP.
> >
> > My problem is that it seems like I actually have two sets of Documents
> > folders -- one from XP and one new set from Vista. I don't need the Vista
> > set
> > to point to the XP set, as I have already begun to save new files in the
> > Vista set. However, I just need access to the old XP set. If I go to Start
> > and then Documents, I'll see my old folders from XP. When I try to access
> > any
> > My ____ folder, I get the error message described in my first post.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>