Serge
The default name and location of some user folders has changed in Vista. The
"My" designation has been retired.
The folders you are seeing (My Music, My Pictures, My Videos, etc) are not
real folders, they are called Junctions and they are there for compatibility
purposes only. These junctions will redirect any older program or
application installations to the new location in Vista. You can identify
these junctions by the shortcut arrow that appears on the folder icon.
Example: The C:\Documents and Settings folder is now called C:\Users.
Example: The My Documents folder is now simply called Documents. It still
appears under the Users/username folder.
It's very important to understand that these junctions do not contain any
useful information and should not be opened or used like a regular folder.
There is a website that explains this in detail and has a list of the old
folders that you saw in XP with their new names/locations in Vista.
Windows Vista Junction Points:
http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
"Serge" <Serge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C4EA399F-5BEB-4805-A45E-54A5A220DB0A@microsoft.com...
>I wanted to change the folder options in the window explorer. Went to the
> folder options, then to View and unchecked the option "Hide protected
> operating system
> files". A huge amount of files and folders appeared. For example, in the
> folder Documents, which was empty before the change, received 3 folders(my
> music, my pictures, my videos)and 1 file (desktop.ini).
> The problem is that I can't open those folders. Every time I try to, I get
> a
> message
> "folder is not available, access refused". Can somebody tell me why and
> what
> I can do. Thanks.