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Old 01-24-2007   #1 (permalink)
S Murder
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Denied Access

I can't even access my own cookies and application data. How do I change this?
Old 01-24-2007   #2 (permalink)
Jimmy Brush
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Re: Denied Access

Hello,

Cookies is now:

C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies]

Application Data is now:

C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\

Many folders used by earlier versions of Windows have been moved to a new
location or given a new name in Windows Vista. However, the old folders can
still be seen if you have enabled Show Hidden Files.

Notice they are displayed with a transparent icon and a shortcut symbol.

Although these look like folders, they are actually what is known as a
junction. Junctions behave like shortcuts, but look just like regular
folders.

Their purpose is to silently redirect programs that access files inside of
them to their Windows Vista equivalent.

Attempting to access these junctions will give you an "Access Denied" error.
Changing the security on these junctions to force access is not recommended,
as this may cause some of your applications to fail or behave in
catastrophic ways.

To see where junctions are pointed to, you can issue the 'dir /al' command
in a command prompt window - this will list only the junctions residing in
the current directory.

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- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/


Old 12-05-2007   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Denied Access

Thought it was some sort of bad-ass ircbot etc. Stash
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