Document & Settings Folder

[Earl Partridge]

In previous versions of Windows, this folder could be accessed and was
where My Documents resided. Now I don't have permission to access
Documents & Settings. How can I change that?
Earl

 

[Dave-UK]

"Earl Partridge" <earlpng@pearnet.com> wrote in message news4TJn.18248$HG1.10618@newsfe21.iad...
> In previous versions of Windows, this folder could be accessed and was
> where My Documents resided. Now I don't have permission to access
> Documents & Settings. How can I change that?
> Earl
>

You don't need to, it's a dummy folder for backward compatibility.
Google ' junction points windows 7 '.

 

[LSMFT]

Earl Partridge wrote:
> In previous versions of Windows, this folder could be accessed and was
> where My Documents resided. Now I don't have permission to access
> Documents & Settings. How can I change that?
> Earl
>
I have 2 My Documents folders. One is a dummy, the other one works.



--
LSMFT

I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months.
I don't like to interrupt her.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Earl Partridge wrote:
> In previous versions of Windows, this folder could be accessed and was
> where My Documents resided. Now I don't have permission to access
> Documents & Settings. How can I change that?
> Earl
>


You can't change it.

There is no "Documents and Settings" folder native to either
Windows Vista or Windows 7. Either you created it yourself (unlikely),
or it was created by some application incompatible with Vista/Windows 7.
What you're "seeing" is called a "Junction Point," whose sole purpose
is to direct legacy applications to the correct locations of user
settings and data files; it's not a folder that can be opened, nor does
it have any contents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point


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[relic]

"Earl Partridge" <earlpng@pearnet.com> wrote in message
news4TJn.18248$HG1.10618@newsfe21.iad...
> In previous versions of Windows, this folder could be accessed and was
> where My Documents resided. Now I don't have permission to access
> Documents & Settings. How can I change that?
> Earl
>

Look under the "Users" folder.

 

[Earl Partridge]

So, all those Locked folders are Junction Points I guess.
Earl


"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
news:ht936u$t9h$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> Earl Partridge wrote:
>> In previous versions of Windows, this folder could be accessed and was
>> where My Documents resided. Now I don't have permission to access
>> Documents & Settings. How can I change that?
>> Earl
>>
>
>
> You can't change it.
>
> There is no "Documents and Settings" folder native to either Windows
> Vista or Windows 7. Either you created it yourself (unlikely), or it was
> created by some application incompatible with Vista/Windows 7. What you're
> "seeing" is called a "Junction Point," whose sole purpose is to direct
> legacy applications to the correct locations of user settings and data
> files; it's not a folder that can be opened, nor does it have any
> contents.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
> Russell
>
> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
> killed a great many philosophers.
> ~ Denis Diderot