See: Sharing files with the Public folder
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...5c2de1033.mspx
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"Tim Gowen" <TimGowen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> OK, so if I want to enable a user access to their documents folder on the
> local drive, which directory do I need to change rights on? I have
> already
> granted rights to c:\users\myuser\ which I thought would be enough.
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
> Quote:
>> "Tim Gowen" <TimGowen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:AD686E35-7881-4431-811F-A8EE55787C28@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >A Vista Business user cannot get access to his My Documents folder on
>> >the
>> >C:
>> > drive. Normally I encourage people to use the H: drive but in this
>> > case I
>> > need to allow that user access to C:.
>> >
>> > Is this a Vista security feature for domain member systems? Can I get
>> > around it by giving the user access to his user directory in Documents
>> > &
>> > Settings? I tried to do this but changed rights in C:\Users which
>> > seems
>> > to
>> > be a link to the other folder and so the rights didn't work.
>> >
>> > I'm fairly new to Vista; we only have one non-Admin using it, hence the
>> > simple question.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> There is no "C:\Documents and Settings" folder in Vista. It is a junction
>> pointing to "C:\Users". You can't access it as it's not a real location.
>>
>> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Security/junctions.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>>
>>
>>