Vista - Locked out of My Music

Hi,

I have upgraded to Vista RC1 from XP Home. I noticed that folders such as My
Pictures and My Videos have been renamed to Pictures and Videos as they
should be, but My Music remained as it was. I attempted to access My Music,
but was told that I do not have permission to view the folder, and any
attempts to gain permission failed. It is also worth noting that the folder
has a shortcut icon and a size of 0 bytes.

I can access Pictures and Videos, by the way. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello,

My Music has been replaced by the Music folder. You should be able to find
it under your user folder, which is accessible directly from the start menu.

The "My Music" folder inside your Documents folder is not really a folder -
it is a junction, and is there to point programs accessing it to the new
location. These system-defined junctions won't let you double-click on them.


--
- JB

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

Nope, there is no Music folder in my User folder. In the "Jack" folder, there
is Pictures, Videos, Documents, etc but no Music folder. There is My Music,
which must be one of these "junctions". The Junction is also there if I click
Documents once inside my user folder.

Also, in the start menu, underneath my user folder, the following are
listed: Documents, Pictures, My Music, Games. I think it is worth noting the
presence of "My" in the start menu.

Thanks

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My Music has been replaced by the Music folder. You should be able to find
> it under your user folder, which is accessible directly from the start menu.
>
> The "My Music" folder inside your Documents folder is not really a folder -
> it is a junction, and is there to point programs accessing it to the new
> location. These system-defined junctions won't let you double-click on them.
>
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>

try to make a new folder in your userfolder and name it "Music" - what
happens after logout and relogin ?

If nothing else gets you working :

1) make a backup of all your files
2) enable Administrator : rightclick "Computer" -> "manage"-->
"Users/Groups" --> search Administrator and make it active ( deselect
"Account is disabled" and give password policies to your needs )
3) login as the Administrator
4) delete your corrupted UserAccount
5) make a new Account for you as User - Vista should then automatically make
all the Subfolders the right way.
6) copy your backed up data to their new places.

SBJ

"JackS_77" <JackS77@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ACC68B82-E196-4036-AF24-98769D6463F1@microsoft.com...
> Nope, there is no Music folder in my User folder. In the "Jack" folder,
> there
> is Pictures, Videos, Documents, etc but no Music folder. There is My
> Music,
> which must be one of these "junctions". The Junction is also there if I
> click
> Documents once inside my user folder.
>
> Also, in the start menu, underneath my user folder, the following are
> listed: Documents, Pictures, My Music, Games. I think it is worth noting
> the
> presence of "My" in the start menu.
>
> Thanks
>
> "Jimmy Brush" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> My Music has been replaced by the Music folder. You should be able to
>> find
>> it under your user folder, which is accessible directly from the start
>> menu.
>>
>> The "My Music" folder inside your Documents folder is not really a
>> folder -
>> it is a junction, and is there to point programs accessing it to the new
>> location. These system-defined junctions won't let you double-click on
>> them.
>>
>>
>> --
>> - JB
>>
>> Windows Vista Support Faq
>> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>>

Sounds like you found a bug.

Do you get an access denied message when you click My Music on the start
menu?

Open a command prompt and then type:

cd documents <enter>
dir /al <enter>

This should list My Music and then a location in brackets. What is this
location? Try typing that location into an explorer window and see if that
correctly shows your music folder.


--
- JB

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

Clicking My Music on the start menu gives me a permission denied error, again.

The path I was given by dir /al was C:\Users\Jack\Music. When I typed that
into the address bar, I was shown an error saying that the folder does not
exist.

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Sounds like you found a bug.
>
> Do you get an access denied message when you click My Music on the start
> menu?
>
> Open a command prompt and then type:
>
> cd documents <enter>
> dir /al <enter>
>
> This should list My Music and then a location in brackets. What is this
> location? Try typing that location into an explorer window and see if that
> correctly shows your music folder.
>
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>

Ok ...

Go to c:\users\jack\ and see if there is any folder in there that is your
music in it.

If not, go to c:\windows.old\ and see if you can find your music folder.

If you can find your music folder, copy it to c:\users\jack\music, and with
any luck things will start working again.

There is no c:\windows.old\ folder, and there is no folder in c:\users\jack
that contains my music.


"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4FA179E5-C21C-4A0B-9B96-167A976F9350@microsoft.com...
> Ok ...
>
> Go to c:\users\jack\ and see if there is any folder in there that is your
> music in it.
>
> If not, go to c:\windows.old\ and see if you can find your music folder.
>
> If you can find your music folder, copy it to c:\users\jack\music, and
> with any luck things will start working again.
>
>

hey,
i just upgraded xp home to vista rc1 and i had the same problem. i tried all
the things that were suggested on this post and i didnt have any luck at all.
i finally started poking around myself and i found all my old files and i am
currently moving them to another location. im hoping that after i move them
into an actual folder (not a hidden one like where i found them) i will be
able to redirect the music shortcut/junction? to the new folder. i turned off
the user access control then deleted the entry for everyone under the
security tab. after that when u click on the music link it will tell you that
the folder does not exist. then i searched my hard drive for any mp3 files
and my old files were found. they were in this folder
C:\$INPLACE.~TR\Machine\DATA\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My
Music\ when i went to find this place through my computer, it didnt show up.
if you right click on a once missing file in the search results u can open
the location of the file. then u can click and drag to a new folder. i hope
this makes sense. im still working on the last part but im cautiously
optimistic :-)

"JackS_77" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have upgraded to Vista RC1 from XP Home. I noticed that folders such as My
> Pictures and My Videos have been renamed to Pictures and Videos as they
> should be, but My Music remained as it was. I attempted to access My Music,
> but was told that I do not have permission to view the folder, and any
> attempts to gain permission failed. It is also worth noting that the folder
> has a shortcut icon and a size of 0 bytes.
>
> I can access Pictures and Videos, by the way. Any help would be appreciated.

hey,
i just upgraded xp home to vista rc1 and i had the same problem. i tried all
the things that were suggested on this post and i didnt have any luck at all.
i finally started poking around myself and i found all my old files and i am
currently moving them to another location. im hoping that after i move them
into an actual folder (not a hidden one like where i found them) i will be
able to redirect the music shortcut/junction? to the new folder. i turned off
the user access control then deleted the entry for everyone under the
security tab. after that when u click on the music link it will tell you that
the folder does not exist. then i searched my hard drive for any mp3 files
and my old files were found. they were in this folder
C:\$INPLACE.~TR\Machine\DATA\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My
Music\ when i went to find this place through my computer, it didnt show up.
if you right click on a once missing file in the search results u can open
the location of the file. then u can click and drag to a new folder. i hope
this makes sense. im still working on the last part but im cautiously
optimistic :-)

"JackS_77" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have upgraded to Vista RC1 from XP Home. I noticed that folders such as My
> Pictures and My Videos have been renamed to Pictures and Videos as they
> should be, but My Music remained as it was. I attempted to access My Music,
> but was told that I do not have permission to view the folder, and any
> attempts to gain permission failed. It is also worth noting that the folder
> has a shortcut icon and a size of 0 bytes.
>
> I can access Pictures and Videos, by the way. Any help would be appreciated.