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| | 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 |
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| | 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. -- Vista Home Premium 32 SP1 http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview "james" <james@xxxxxx> wrote in message news OB9k.59412$gc5.31765@xxxxxxQuote: > 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 |
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