Vista - Inaccessible foleders in C: drive

There are inaccessible folders in C: drive, for example, Documents and
Settings, All Users, Default User, etc. How can I open these folders?

These are links, not real folders - they link to the real folders for
application backwards compatibilty.

Rich

"churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
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> There are inaccessible folders in C: drive, for example, Documents and
> Settings, All Users, Default User, etc. How can I open these folders?

These "links" are called Junction points. Here is some more info on them
that i put together.

http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/jo...on-Points.aspx

--
Josh
http://windowsconnected.com
"Rich Milburn [MVP]" <richdotmilburn@applebeesdot.com> wrote in message
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> These are links, not real folders - they link to the real folders for
> application backwards compatibilty.
>
> Rich
>
> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
> news:uyIoPE1EHHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> There are inaccessible folders in C: drive, for example, Documents and
>> Settings, All Users, Default User, etc. How can I open these folders?
>

Thanks Josh - good writeup. I was drawing a blank... I've got a scenario
where I use the RK utility linkd.exe to compensate for development
shortcomings where they refer to C:\WINNT and our XP installs used the
default Windows folder. So the word links sometimes blocks out the new term
for them...

Rich

"Josh" <josh@windowsconnected.com> wrote in message
news:E3C30CF2-1D09-47CE-8D90-192BA2889978@microsoft.com...
> These "links" are called Junction points. Here is some more info on them
> that i put together.
>
> http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/jo...on-Points.aspx
>
> --
> Josh
> http://windowsconnected.com
> "Rich Milburn [MVP]" <richdotmilburn@applebeesdot.com> wrote in message
> news:BD491144-C382-4B5D-8A65-8050918E5602@microsoft.com...
>> These are links, not real folders - they link to the real folders for
>> application backwards compatibilty.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
>> news:uyIoPE1EHHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> There are inaccessible folders in C: drive, for example, Documents and
>>> Settings, All Users, Default User, etc. How can I open these folders?
>>
>

PS wala is actually spelled voila, French for 'there it is' - similar to
'here it is,' but that would be voici.
"Josh" <josh@windowsconnected.com> wrote in message
news:E3C30CF2-1D09-47CE-8D90-192BA2889978@microsoft.com...
> These "links" are called Junction points. Here is some more info on them
> that i put together.
>
> http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/jo...on-Points.aspx
>
> --
> Josh
> http://windowsconnected.com
> "Rich Milburn [MVP]" <richdotmilburn@applebeesdot.com> wrote in message
> news:BD491144-C382-4B5D-8A65-8050918E5602@microsoft.com...
>> These are links, not real folders - they link to the real folders for
>> application backwards compatibilty.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
>> news:uyIoPE1EHHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> There are inaccessible folders in C: drive, for example, Documents and
>>> Settings, All Users, Default User, etc. How can I open these folders?
>>
>

On 29/11/2006 in message
<E3C30CF2-1D09-47CE-8D90-192BA2889978@microsoft.com> Josh wrote:

>These "links" are called Junction points. Here is some more info on them
>that i put together.
>
>http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/jo...on-Points.aspx

Thanks for that link, I wanted to ask about these but didn't know how to
frame the question!

Can a user create/set up a Junction Point? It looks like it might be useful.

--
Jeff Gaines

Hello,

Administrators can use the mklink command-line utility from an elevated
(run-as-administrator'd) command prompt to make junctions, hard links, and
symbolic links.


--
- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

uhoh,
a "symbolic" link?
is that like a "virtual" link?
a "print to screen" link?
a"sandboxed" link?
or the best yet- a "administrator group" link?(will the REAL admin pls STAND
UP?)
LMFAO
lolololololol
Hi Jimmy
:-)

Jeff

"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eJisFq7EHHA.1784@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> Administrators can use the mklink command-line utility from an elevated
> (run-as-administrator'd) command prompt to make junctions, hard links, and
> symbolic links.
>
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Thanks for the info.

Josh wrote:
> These "links" are called Junction points. Here is some more info on
> them that i put together.
>
> http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/jo...on-Points.aspx
>
>

On 29/11/2006 in message <eJisFq7EHHA.1784@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl> Jimmy
Brush wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Administrators can use the mklink command-line utility from an elevated
>(run-as-administrator'd) command prompt to make junctions, hard links, and
>symbolic links.

Thanks JB, I'll have a play with that :-)

Gets more like Linux every release!

--
Jeff Gaines