Vista - access denied - application data and others

Weary

I replied to you in another thread, but lets use this one instead. I will
answer this "inline", so just keep scrolling.

> First off. Thanks for trying to help me. In a nutshell:
> This has nothing to do with WIndows XP. Nothing to do with files from
> WIndows XP. Nothing to do with copying files from any other computer. It
> is
> about using my computer, for something other than watching movie
> DVDs(which
> is all I am able to do up to this point because of issues with VISTA).
>

I have tried to explain the new folder setup in Vista but it seems like I
did not do this very well.

I think what you need to do is open Windows Explorer and select
Organize/Folder and Search Option. Click the View Tab and select the option
"Do not show hidden files and folders", click Apply OK. Close Windows
Explorer.

Open Windows Explorer again and all of the junctions that we discussed
before will no longer be visible. All of the user folders that you can
actually use will be visible in the Users folder.

> Here are just a few examples of things I can not do.
> EXAMPLE 01. When I hit the "start" button, it presents this list-->
> Default Programs
> Microsoft Encarta Plus
> Windows Update
> Winzip
> -----------
> Programs
> Documents
> Settings
> Search
> Help and Support
> Run

> WIthout access to add/delete/edit the "Documents & Settings(User folder) I
> can not change this list.

One other thing that I missed in our original thread is that you appear to
be using the old Classic Start Menu. This start menu is radically different
from the Vista start menu. If you want to take a look at the Vista start
menu, right click the Start Button and select Properties. Click the top
option for Start Menu there and click Apply/OK.

> EXAMPLE 02.
> Creating and saving a word doc becomes an ordeal. For example, I open
> word
> and start typeing stuff. I accidently hit "save" instead of "save as".
> BIG PROBELEMS!
> Where is my word document? It is in the "users" folder which I can not
> access!

The default location to save Word documents is the C:\Users\your
username\Documents folder.

> EXAMPLE 03:
> When I hit "start" and then "programs" there is a list of about 30-40
> folders/programs. I have no way of editing this useless list because I
> can
> not access the Documents & Settings(User) folder.

Regardless of which start menu you are using, if you right click the Start
Button and select the "Explore All Users" from the popup menu, a window will
open to the location where the Start Menu/Programs folder is located. This
is where you can make the changes.

> EXAMPLE 04:
> Because I can not edit the "Documents and Settings(user)" folder - I can
> not
> edit my "send to" (via a right click) with my mouse.

The default location for the SendTo folder is now
C:\Users\your username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo



--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Ronnie,
I appreciate that you are trying to help. I have made at least some
progress here.
Item 01. Edit menu. DONE. Thanks for your help.
Item 02. Change all default locations.(Partially Figured Out). I used word
to change the Word default, but it looks like I still need to change default
for Excel, Access, PowerPoint, TextPad, notepad, Adobe, Winzip, all my my
music, all my photos, all my video, etc. etc.
Item 03: Edit programs list. DONE. Thanks for your help.
Item 04: Edit the "send to" list (originally stated below)

thanks,
weary
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"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Weary
>
> I replied to you in another thread, but lets use this one instead. I will
> answer this "inline", so just keep scrolling.
>
> > First off. Thanks for trying to help me. In a nutshell:
> > This has nothing to do with WIndows XP. Nothing to do with files from
> > WIndows XP. Nothing to do with copying files from any other computer. It
> > is
> > about using my computer, for something other than watching movie
> > DVDs(which
> > is all I am able to do up to this point because of issues with VISTA).
> >
>
> I have tried to explain the new folder setup in Vista but it seems like I
> did not do this very well.
>
> I think what you need to do is open Windows Explorer and select
> Organize/Folder and Search Option. Click the View Tab and select the option
> "Do not show hidden files and folders", click Apply OK. Close Windows
> Explorer.
>
> Open Windows Explorer again and all of the junctions that we discussed
> before will no longer be visible. All of the user folders that you can
> actually use will be visible in the Users folder.
>
> > Here are just a few examples of things I can not do.
> > EXAMPLE 01. When I hit the "start" button, it presents this list-->
> > Default Programs
> > Microsoft Encarta Plus
> > Windows Update
> > Winzip
> > -----------
> > Programs
> > Documents
> > Settings
> > Search
> > Help and Support
> > Run
>
> > WIthout access to add/delete/edit the "Documents & Settings(User folder) I
> > can not change this list.
>
> One other thing that I missed in our original thread is that you appear to
> be using the old Classic Start Menu. This start menu is radically different
> from the Vista start menu. If you want to take a look at the Vista start
> menu, right click the Start Button and select Properties. Click the top
> option for Start Menu there and click Apply/OK.
>
> > EXAMPLE 02.
> > Creating and saving a word doc becomes an ordeal. For example, I open
> > word
> > and start typeing stuff. I accidently hit "save" instead of "save as".
> > BIG PROBELEMS!
> > Where is my word document? It is in the "users" folder which I can not
> > access!
>
> The default location to save Word documents is the C:\Users\your
> username\Documents folder.
>
> > EXAMPLE 03:
> > When I hit "start" and then "programs" there is a list of about 30-40
> > folders/programs. I have no way of editing this useless list because I
> > can
> > not access the Documents & Settings(User) folder.
>
> Regardless of which start menu you are using, if you right click the Start
> Button and select the "Explore All Users" from the popup menu, a window will
> open to the location where the Start Menu/Programs folder is located. This
> is where you can make the changes.
>
> > EXAMPLE 04:
> > Because I can not edit the "Documents and Settings(user)" folder - I can
> > not
> > edit my "send to" (via a right click) with my mouse.
>
> The default location for the SendTo folder is now
> C:\Users\your username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
>
>
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>