Tom wrote:
> Win Vista Ultimate - All MS updates
> Documents and Settings Dialog box: Documents and Settings tab/Security
> issue when adding "MyUserID" for Full Control
>
> I'm attempting to find the Favorites folder under WinVista Ultimate.
> Under
> WinXP it was a folder under Documents and Settings... So, I navigated to
> the WinVista Documents and Settings and attempted to add "MyUserID" with
> Full Control on the directory and set of subdirectories.
> In doing so, I'm "Caught" in a loop: Due to some messages from WinVista,
> I've deleted the Full Control AND "MyUserD". When I select "OK", I now
> receive the dialog box message "An error has occurred while applying
> security
> information to C:\Documents and Settings. Access is denied." When I
> select
> "Cancel" nothing happens. Hence, I can't get out of the Documents and
> Settings Properties dialog box. Suggestions? (Besides rebooting etc.).
> BTW, WHERE is the Favorites directory so that I can schedule backups on
> it? TIA!!!
Use Ctrl-Alt-Del to start Task Manager and kill any pending tasks. If you
can't do this, then you'll be forced to power off the computer manually. Then
go into Safe Mode and do a System Restore before you started messing with
this.
There is no Documents and Settings directory in Vista. What you see when you
enable viewing hidden files is just a junction point; a virtual directory
there for backwards compatibility with older programs that expect to find it.
The Favorites directory is in:
C:\Users\your-username\Favorites.
Malke
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