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08-13-2009
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| | Can't Access My Documents and Settings Folder I can't access My Documents and Settings Folder in Windows 7 even though I'm the administrator. I want to rearrange and add some folders to the Start-All Programs. What am I not doing right? |
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08-13-2009
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| | Re: Can't Access My Documents and Settings Folder Use the Users folder instead. D & S is a hard link to Users. -- .. -- "Martin Knight" <martinknight@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:kh1hm.150178$vp.15970@xxxxxx Quote: >I can't access My Documents and Settings Folder in Windows 7 even though >I'm the administrator. I want to rearrange and add some folders to the >Start-All Programs. What am I not doing right? |
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08-13-2009
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| | Re: Can't Access My Documents and Settings Folder You didn't use Vista, did you? In Vista (and Windows 7), "Documents and Settings" is not a folder. Vista/Win7 uses a different file structure than XP does/did. Those familiar folder names you may be used to, like "My Documents", "Documents & Settings", etc. are not folders in Vista/Win7. They are junction points, and are used for legacy programs which were written to utilize the XP file structure. They will redirect the programs to use the equivalent Vista/Win7 folders. If you keep the protected operating system files hidden, you won't see them. In Vista/Win7...... Documents & Settings -> \Users My Documents -> \Users\youraccount\Documents My Music -> \Users\youraccount\Music Application Data -> \Users\youraccount\AppData etc. -- Windows 7 RC http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview http://download.live.com/wlmail "Martin Knight" <martinknight@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:kh1hm.150178$vp.15970@xxxxxx Quote: > I can't access My Documents and Settings Folder in Windows 7 even though > I'm the administrator. I want to rearrange and add some folders to the > Start-All Programs. What am I not doing right? |
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08-13-2009
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| | Re: Can't Access My Documents and Settings Folder On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:33:45 +1000, <.> wrote: Quote: >Use the Users folder instead. D & S is a hard link to Users. to set the permissions on it. |
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08-14-2009
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| | Re: Can't Access My Documents and Settings Folder -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Supporting Windows® 7, Vista & XP http://www.winhelponline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <.> wrote in message news:OCvaC6GHKHA.1380@xxxxxx Quote: > Use the Users folder instead. D & S is a hard link to Users. > > -- > . > -- > "Martin Knight" <martinknight@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:kh1hm.150178$vp.15970@xxxxxx Quote: >>I can't access My Documents and Settings Folder in Windows 7 even though >>I'm the administrator. I want to rearrange and add some folders to the >>Start-All Programs. What am I not doing right? |
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