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?

Use the Users folder instead. D & S is a hard link to Users.

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"Martin Knight" <> wrote in message
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>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?

Martin Knight <> wrote:

>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?

First, you are asking your question in a VISTA area.

Capice?

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.



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"Martin Knight" <> wrote in message
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> 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?

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:33:45 +1000, <.> wrote:

>Use the Users folder instead. D & S is a hard link to Users.

You should still be able to traverse the junction / link. You may have
to set the permissions on it.

+Bob+ wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:33:45 +1000, <.> wrote:
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>> Use the Users folder instead. D & S is a hard link to Users.
>
> You should still be able to traverse the junction / link. You may have
> to set the permissions on it.
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>

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<.> wrote in message news:...
> Use the Users folder instead. D & S is a hard link to Users.
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> "Martin Knight" <> wrote in message
> news:kh1hm.150178$...
>>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?
>

Martin Knight wrote:
> 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?

Does anybody know how to give the administrator the ability to look into
the My Documents and Settings folder. I can't believe this is happening.
A simple thing like not being able to go where ever you want to in
Windows Explorer is really queer.

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:38:17 -0700, Martin Knight
<> wrote:

>Martin Knight wrote:
>> 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?
>
>Does anybody know how to give the administrator the ability to look into
>the My Documents and Settings folder. I can't believe this is happening.
>A simple thing like not being able to go where ever you want to in
>Windows Explorer is really queer.

Windows 7 or Vista ?

Jim wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:38:17 -0700, Martin Knight
> <> wrote:
>
>> Martin Knight wrote:
>>> 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?
>> Does anybody know how to give the administrator the ability to look into
>> the My Documents and Settings folder. I can't believe this is happening.
>> A simple thing like not being able to go where ever you want to in
>> Windows Explorer is really queer.
>
> Windows 7 or Vista ?

Considering that he didn't specify what product, and this is the VISTA forum and Windows 7 has
not been released to the public yet, it is PROBABLY safe to assume that he means Vista *


* (Unless he downloaded Windows 7 from Technet or MSDN)