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04-03-2008
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| | Locked Out I love Vista. Tried to access some of my folders today (as an admin) and I find I am not authorized to view my own stuff! I get a dialog box with Access Denied. How does that happen and, more important, how do I get into my folders? |
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04-03-2008
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| | Re: Locked Out DennisC wrote: Quote: > I love Vista. Tried to access some of my folders today (as an admin) > and I find I am not authorized to view my own stuff! I get a dialog > box with Access Denied. How does that happen and, more important, how > do I get into my folders? -- Peace! Kurt Former Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!" |
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04-03-2008
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| | Re: Locked Out 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. 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 "DennisC" <dennis_crowley@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e076abb7-ccc3-41c2-838f-c485a58c863c@xxxxxx Quote: > I love Vista. Tried to access some of my folders today (as an admin) > and I find I am not authorized to view my own stuff! I get a dialog > box with Access Denied. How does that happen and, more important, how > do I get into my folders? |
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04-04-2008
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| | Re: Locked Out On Apr 3, 1:08*pm, "Dave" <d...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > 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. > > Documents & Settings -> \Users > My Documents -> \Users\youraccount\Documents > My Music -> \Users\youraccount\Music > Application Data -> \Users\youraccount\AppData > etc. > > -- > Vista Home Premium 32 SP1http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview > > "DennisC" <dennis_crow...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:e076abb7-ccc3-41c2-838f-c485a58c863c@xxxxxx > > > Quote: > > I love Vista. Tried to access some of my folders today (as an admin) > > and I find I am not authorized to view my own stuff! I get a dialog > > box with Access Denied. How does that happen and, more important, how > > do I get into my folders?- Hide quoted text - > - Show quoted text - Thanks for the clarification. I hid them and now all is well. |
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