Re: access problems

In Vista (and in 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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Dave N.
MS-MVP (Mail)
Windows 7 Ultimate
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"Lenny109" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
> I have setup Vista (a reisntall of the OS) with a username who is also an
> administrtator but need to find some files within the hidden files and
> folders (documents and settings/user ...etc). When I try to access the
> documents and settings folder I am denied access. How can I gain access as
> default to all files on the computer. I am administrator.
> Cheers
>

On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:11:48 -0400, "Dave" <>
wrote:

>In Vista (and in 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.

Or, to combine the first two answers in this thread: If you set the
protections to Documents & Settings to allow EVERYONE to access them,
you will be able to transverse them when you want to, as well as see
that they lead to c:\users.

It really makes no sense at all that they are not transversable by
default - but then again, MS does lots of things that don't make
sense.