ultimate: can't access "app data" folder on admin acct...

hi,

on ultimate, all of a sudden I can't access Application Data folder
under C:\Users\<Username>\ this is the first time this happens.. I'm
only person who uses my machine and my acct has always been admin..
(at location of folder it now shows a shortcut icon to Application Data
folder, but before it used to be folder, not a shortcut to it..) what
could have changed??

(I need access to this folder b/c need to copy a backed-up copy of
Normal.dot into C:\....\<Username>/Application Data\Microsoft\Templates


thank you..

Hi maya,

C:\Users\<user>\Application Data was and is a junction point, and appears as
a shortcut because that's all it is. You cannot access these junction points
as there is nothing actually in them. The correct folder you are thinking of
is C:\Users\<user>\appdata.

Normal.dot would be under:
C:\Users\<users>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templat es

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"maya" <> wrote in message
news: ...
> hi,
>
> on ultimate, all of a sudden I can't access Application Data folder under
> C:\Users\<Username>\ this is the first time this happens.. I'm only
> person who uses my machine and my acct has always been admin..
> (at location of folder it now shows a shortcut icon to Application Data
> folder, but before it used to be folder, not a shortcut to it..) what
> could have changed??
>
> (I need access to this folder b/c need to copy a backed-up copy of
> Normal.dot into C:\....\<Username>/Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
>
>
> thank you..
>
>

Rick Rogers wrote:
> Hi maya,
>
> C:\Users\<user>\Application Data was and is a junction point, and
> appears as a shortcut because that's all it is. You cannot access these
> junction points as there is nothing actually in them. The correct folder
> you are thinking of is C:\Users\<user>\appdata.
>
> Normal.dot would be under:
> C:\Users\<users>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templat es
>

oh my gosh, of course... thank you very much..

(so what are folders "Local", "LocalLow", and "Roaming" for??? )

thank you..

Those folders are there for use in a domain environment.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"maya" <> wrote in message
news: ...
> Rick Rogers wrote:
>> Hi maya,
>>
>> C:\Users\<user>\Application Data was and is a junction point, and appears
>> as a shortcut because that's all it is. You cannot access these junction
>> points as there is nothing actually in them. The correct folder you are
>> thinking of is C:\Users\<user>\appdata.
>>
>> Normal.dot would be under:
>> C:\Users\<users>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templat es
>>
>
> oh my gosh, of course... thank you very much..
>
> (so what are folders "Local", "LocalLow", and "Roaming" for??? )
>
> thank you..
>
>