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Documents & Setting permissions?
  1. #1


    JethroUK© Guest

    Documents & Setting permissions?

    Can anyone tell me the default permissions of "Documents & Settings" folder?

    Currently mine has full read/write permission for "myself"

    No permission at all for 'administrators' and 'system'

    What i am struggle to figure out is that it wont let me have access despite
    me being logged on as 'myself' and being an administrator




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  2. #2


    Borne Aching Guest

    Re: Documents & Setting permissions?

    "JethroUK©" <reply@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > Can anyone tell me the default permissions of "Documents & Settings"
    > folder?
    >
    > Currently mine has full read/write permission for "myself"
    >
    > No permission at all for 'administrators' and 'system'
    >
    > What i am struggle to figure out is that it wont let me have access
    > despite me being logged on as 'myself' and being an administrator

    Documents & Settings in Vista is just a junction point.
    Google Vista junction points.


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  3. #3


    Dave Guest

    Re: Documents & Setting permissions?

    (canned response)

    Vista uses a different file structure than XP does/did. 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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    "JethroUK©" <reply@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:uIW6P5XpJHA.1184@xxxxxx

    > Can anyone tell me the default permissions of "Documents & Settings"
    > folder?
    >
    > Currently mine has full read/write permission for "myself"
    >
    > No permission at all for 'administrators' and 'system'
    >
    > What i am struggle to figure out is that it wont let me have access
    > despite me being logged on as 'myself' and being an administrator

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    Michael Walraven Guest

    Re: Documents & Setting permissions?

    By default you are not permitted to list the folder or read the data of
    'Documents & Settings' this is by design.
    Changing the defaults may have undesired consequences but can be a lot of
    fun.
    The top level of Security tab you should only have Everyone, System, and
    Administrators, each has only special permissions.

    Michael


    "JethroUK©" <reply@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:uIW6P5XpJHA.1184@xxxxxx

    > Can anyone tell me the default permissions of "Documents & Settings"
    > folder?
    >
    > Currently mine has full read/write permission for "myself"
    >
    > No permission at all for 'administrators' and 'system'
    >
    > What i am struggle to figure out is that it wont let me have access
    > despite me being logged on as 'myself' and being an administrator

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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