Vista - Documents and Settings

Hi,

I am trying to get access to My Documents and Settings folder, but Vista
Home Premium will not allow me to.
I get a message of:

C:\Documents and Settings is not accessible - Access is Denied

How can I get access to this folder?
Any help gratefully received

Regards

You have no reason to access it. In fact, it would be dangerous for you stored files to do so. It is known (By MS) as a junction file. Its purpose is to provide a shortcut link to the new storage files in Vista, (Users - username - Documents) for software compatibility reasons.
You can gain access by altering the security onthe folder,but I would advise against it.

You can't change security on a juntion "folder", because the internal use of junctions do not allow it (It's not a real folder).

Everything of any real value to you will be stored in "C:\Users\<YOUR USER NAME>". If there are any hidden folders there (and there are), there is nothing in them that cannot be replaced by re-installing an application.

You most certainly can change them! I have, for tBeta esting purposes, done it many times. It includes, of course, taking ownership.

Then I stand corrected.

it's funny that this seems
to have happened to me and a few others around the same time, which makes me
think that a windows update changed something? I have always clicked on
photos, or music folders from within my documents with never a problem, then
all of a
sudded they are shortcuts and give me the access denied message as well!
If there was an update I'm guessing at around 1st february 2008 this could
have either changed our hidden folder settings as we now 'see' the hidden
folders. or it actually changed something in our Vista OS at that time,
because all of a suuden, many people get the access denied message, very
intrigiung.


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