Trouble with account privillages

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Neverhavemoney

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hey everyone,
i am the only account on my computer and have all admin rights set so that i can get anywhere i want. I have the "hidden folder" option enabled. When i go to view certain hidden files such as cookies or doc temp, it doesnt allow me.
Y is this?
thanks,
Ben
 

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try loging in with the Windows Administrator account, it doesnt show because it is hidden by default but to activate it follow:

right-click on cmd.exe and run as administrator

type: "net user Administrator *"
type the new password
and the confirmation
then "net user Administrator /active"
after this your admin account should be on the login window, it has more privileges than you do and will most likely allow you to open the files you want...
hope it works...
PHGDAL
 

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Neverhavemoney said:
hey everyone,
i am the only account on my computer and have all admin rights set so that i can get anywhere i want. I have the "hidden folder" option enabled. When i go to view certain hidden files such as cookies or doc temp, it doesnt allow me.
Y is this?
thanks,
Ben
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I'm almost certain that what you're trying to delete or access isn't a folder at all, but is rather a junction, which is a special kind of "shortcut" employed by vista for backwards compatibility with XP and programs that didn't follow protocol and wrote directly to those folders. Does this "folder" appear to have a shortcut overlay icon on it (a white quare with a blue arrow)?

One example of such a junction would be for "C:\Documents and Settings", which is in reality pointing to "C:\Users"

Can you post a screenshot of what you're seeing so that I can be sure?
 

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Dzomlija said:
Neverhavemoney said:
hey everyone,
i am the only account on my computer and have all admin rights set so that i can get anywhere i want. I have the "hidden folder" option enabled. When i go to view certain hidden files such as cookies or doc temp, it doesnt allow me.
Y is this?
thanks,
Ben
Click to expand...

I'm almost certain that what you're trying to delete or access isn't a folder at all, but is rather a junction, which is a special kind of "shortcut" employed by vista for backwards compatibility with XP and programs that didn't follow protocol and wrote directly to those folders. Does this "folder" appear to have a shortcut overlay icon on it (a white quare with a blue arrow)?

One example of such a junction would be for "C:\Documents and Settings", which is in reality pointing to "C:\Users"

Can you post a screenshot of what you're seeing so that I can be sure?
Click to expand...

There are a few more in My Document but this was right off the C drive
 

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    Dell
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    Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 420 @1.60 GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell Inspion 530 Default
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    PNY 4GB 240-Pin SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
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    Gateway PnP Monitor
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    1024x768 @ 75 Hz
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    Seagate 250G ATA SATA-II
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Neverhavemoney said:
Dzomlija said:
Neverhavemoney said:
hey everyone,
i am the only account on my computer and have all admin rights set so that i can get anywhere i want. I have the "hidden folder" option enabled. When i go to view certain hidden files such as cookies or doc temp, it doesnt allow me.
Y is this?
thanks,
Ben
Click to expand...

I'm almost certain that what you're trying to delete or access isn't a folder at all, but is rather a junction, which is a special kind of "shortcut" employed by vista for backwards compatibility with XP and programs that didn't follow protocol and wrote directly to those folders. Does this "folder" appear to have a shortcut overlay icon on it (a white quare with a blue arrow)?

One example of such a junction would be for "C:\Documents and Settings", which is in reality pointing to "C:\Users"

Can you post a screenshot of what you're seeing so that I can be sure?
Click to expand...

There are a few more in My Document but this was right off the C drive
Click to expand...

Yep, that's a juntion. You can confirm this as follows:
  1. Open a "Command Prompt" (<WINDOWS_KEY>+<R>, CMD, <ENTER>)
  2. Change to the root drive ("CD\" (without quotes, then <ENTER>)
  3. Type "DIR /ad" (without quotes) then <ENTER>
  4. The "Documents and Settings" entry should be marked as a JUNCTION
The others you mentioned will give the same results. The following text from Microsoft will explain junctions better:

In Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, the default locations for user data and system data have changed. For example, user data that was previously stored in the %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings directory is now stored in the %SystemDrive%\Users directory. For backward compatibility, the old locations have junction points that point to the new locations. For example, C:\Documents and Settings is now a junction point that points to C:\Users. Backup applications must be capable of backing up and restoring junction points.
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If you like, you can read up more at MSDN here: Junction Points (Windows)
 

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