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Old 06-28-2008   #1 (permalink)
james


 
 

UAC - wont allow user who is administrator to access "documents and settings" folder ?

Hi,

I havent used Vista for very long,and i was just trying to get into the
"documents and settings" folder but i get the below message:

"c:\documents and settings is not accessible.
access denied"

Is this due to the UAC,so that i cant access certain folders while it is on
? Or is it a setting which i choose to allow me access to those folders??

thanks very much


My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 06-28-2008   #2 (permalink)
Dave


 
 

Re: UAC - wont allow user who is administrator to access "documents and settings" folder ?

Vista uses a different file structure than XP does. Those familiar folder
names you may be used to, like "My Documents", "Documents & Settings", etc.
are not folders in Vista. They are junction points, and are used for legacy
programs which were written to utilize the XP file structure. They will
redirect the programs to use the equivalent Vista folders.
If you keep the protected operating system files hidden, you won't see them.

In Vista......
Documents & Settings -> \Users
My Documents -> \Users\youraccount\Documents
My Music -> \Users\youraccount\Music
Application Data -> \Users\youraccount\AppData
etc.


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Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I havent used Vista for very long,and i was just trying to get into the
> "documents and settings" folder but i get the below message:
>
> "c:\documents and settings is not accessible.
> access denied"
>
> Is this due to the UAC,so that i cant access certain folders while it is
> on ? Or is it a setting which i choose to allow me access to those
> folders??
>
> thanks very much
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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