Vista - Denied Permission to Folders

I am a new user to Vista (one week) and today I found that three folders
have check marks on the folder symbol. The three folders are:

My Music
My Pictures
My Videos

When trying to open any of these folders I get a message, "You do not have
permission to access this folder." Click continue and then I get another
message --- You have been denied permission to access this folder. To gain
access to this folder you will need to use the "Security Tab".

Then I get another window that list Group of Users Names. I selected
everyone and clicked edit.and then click allow followed by OK.. After doing
these item I am confused. I did go to the properties of the folder and
changed the Read Only, however it did not take.

How do I give myself permission to these files? I am lost and in over my
head. Any help would be appreciated.

Bquinn

Those are not folders. They are junctions points that direct certain legacy
software installation programs to the real locations. These are normally
hidden and should be left alone. Do not try to change them or delete them.

In Vista, the "My" has been dropped.
Your files should be located in
Music, Pictures & Videos



"WQuinn" <wquinn1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:#$WqzDDuHHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I am a new user to Vista (one week) and today I found that three folders
>have check marks on the folder symbol. The three folders are:
>
> My Music
> My Pictures
> My Videos
>
> When trying to open any of these folders I get a message, "You do not have
> permission to access this folder." Click continue and then I get another
> message --- You have been denied permission to access this folder. To
> gain access to this folder you will need to use the "Security Tab".
>
> Then I get another window that list Group of Users Names. I selected
> everyone and clicked edit.and then click allow followed by OK.. After
> doing these item I am confused. I did go to the properties of the folder
> and changed the Read Only, however it did not take.
>
> How do I give myself permission to these files? I am lost and in over my
> head. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Bquinn
>

Thanks Dave for the information. My system is Vista Ultimate and those "My"
titles came from a desktop using XP. Each evening I use a program to copy
some files to backup data files on the new laptop. Both computers have the
same data files in the most part.

Again -- thanks.

Bquinn

"Dave" <dave@beepbeep.com> wrote in message
news:urUv5GDuHHA.1672@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Those are not folders. They are junctions points that direct certain
> legacy software installation programs to the real locations. These are
> normally hidden and should be left alone. Do not try to change them or
> delete them.
>
> In Vista, the "My" has been dropped.
> Your files should be located in
> Music, Pictures & Videos
>
>
>
> "WQuinn" <wquinn1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:#$WqzDDuHHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I am a new user to Vista (one week) and today I found that three folders
>>have check marks on the folder symbol. The three folders are:
>>
>> My Music
>> My Pictures
>> My Videos
>>
>> When trying to open any of these folders I get a message, "You do not
>> have permission to access this folder." Click continue and then I get
>> another message --- You have been denied permission to access this
>> folder. To gain access to this folder you will need to use the "Security
>> Tab".
>>
>> Then I get another window that list Group of Users Names. I selected
>> everyone and clicked edit.and then click allow followed by OK.. After
>> doing these item I am confused. I did go to the properties of the folder
>> and changed the Read Only, however it did not take.
>>
>> How do I give myself permission to these files? I am lost and in over my
>> head. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Bquinn
>>