Vista - Permissions to my folders and files as administrator

Good afternoon.
I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my
folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there
are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied
access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the
folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others
, I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and
all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything
until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there
something else I am missing that is new in Vista .
Please advise
Phil

Which folders/files are you getting this error with?

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"AuthorizedUserPF" wrote:

> Good afternoon.
> I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my
> folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there
> are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied
> access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the
> folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others
> , I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and
> all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything
> until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there
> something else I am missing that is new in Vista .
> Please advise
> Phil

I am getting it on all the folders in Documents and Settings All USers folder
and subfolders. Default User folder and subfolders. I figured out how to
change the security to my user id, but I have to do each and every child
folder. I tried by checking "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" but
it does not seem to filter down the tree. If I apply this to "All Users"
shouldn't all the subsequent subcontainers and objects also change also?

"Jesper" wrote:

> Which folders/files are you getting this error with?
>
> ---
> Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20
>
>
> "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote:
>
> > Good afternoon.
> > I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my
> > folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there
> > are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied
> > access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the
> > folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others
> > , I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and
> > all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything
> > until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there
> > something else I am missing that is new in Vista .
> > Please advise
> > Phil

Aah yes. That's what I figured. That is not actually a folder. It is a
junction point pointing to the new location. There is a Deny permission
placed on it to wean people off the old namespace and onto the new. See this
output from the command line:

C:\>dir /a
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is F67D-4CCD

Directory of C:\

07/25/2007 00:17 <DIR> Boot
11/02/2006 02:53 438,840 bootmgr
11/02/2006 06:00 <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings [C:\Users]
07/30/2007 15:03 <DIR> Program Files
07/26/2007 08:16 <DIR> ProgramData

The actual location for Documents and Settings is c:\users and if you try to
list that it will work just fine.

BTW, it is a Really Bad Idea (TM) to go changing ACLs on built-in files en
masse. You run a great risk of destroying your system when you do that.

---
Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20


"AuthorizedUserPF" wrote:

> I am getting it on all the folders in Documents and Settings All USers folder
> and subfolders. Default User folder and subfolders. I figured out how to
> change the security to my user id, but I have to do each and every child
> folder. I tried by checking "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" but
> it does not seem to filter down the tree. If I apply this to "All Users"
> shouldn't all the subsequent subcontainers and objects also change also?
>
> "Jesper" wrote:
>
> > Which folders/files are you getting this error with?
> >
> > ---
> > Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:
> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20
> >
> >
> > "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote:
> >
> > > Good afternoon.
> > > I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my
> > > folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there
> > > are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied
> > > access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the
> > > folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others
> > > , I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and
> > > all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything
> > > until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there
> > > something else I am missing that is new in Vista .
> > > Please advise
> > > Phil

You are correct. They are workimg well from C:/Users Thnks so much. Another
issue resolved.

"Jesper" wrote:

> Aah yes. That's what I figured. That is not actually a folder. It is a
> junction point pointing to the new location. There is a Deny permission
> placed on it to wean people off the old namespace and onto the new. See this
> output from the command line:
>
> C:\>dir /a
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is F67D-4CCD
>
> Directory of C:\
>
> 07/25/2007 00:17 <DIR> Boot
> 11/02/2006 02:53 438,840 bootmgr
> 11/02/2006 06:00 <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings [C:\Users]
> 07/30/2007 15:03 <DIR> Program Files
> 07/26/2007 08:16 <DIR> ProgramData
>
> The actual location for Documents and Settings is c:\users and if you try to
> list that it will work just fine.
>
> BTW, it is a Really Bad Idea (TM) to go changing ACLs on built-in files en
> masse. You run a great risk of destroying your system when you do that.
>
> ---
> Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20
>
>
> "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote:
>
> > I am getting it on all the folders in Documents and Settings All USers folder
> > and subfolders. Default User folder and subfolders. I figured out how to
> > change the security to my user id, but I have to do each and every child
> > folder. I tried by checking "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" but
> > it does not seem to filter down the tree. If I apply this to "All Users"
> > shouldn't all the subsequent subcontainers and objects also change also?
> >
> > "Jesper" wrote:
> >
> > > Which folders/files are you getting this error with?
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:
> > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20
> > >
> > >
> > > "AuthorizedUserPF" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Good afternoon.
> > > > I am running Vista Ultimate and am having problems opening some of my
> > > > folders and files. I am a full administrator of my home computer, yet there
> > > > are certain files and folders in documents and settings that i am denied
> > > > access. I have turned off UAC and tried changing the properties of the
> > > > folders to give me access, yet it will not let me on some folders. On others
> > > > , I am actually able to change permissions to inherit the parent folder and
> > > > all objects under it. I never had this problem in XP. I could not do anything
> > > > until I found out how UAC worked, even on administrator rights. Is there
> > > > something else I am missing that is new in Vista .
> > > > Please advise
> > > > Phil