Documents and Settings permissions

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3putt in coastal SC

I can't open this folder. Permission needed? I am the only established
user of this computer. How do I change the permissions for this folder(s)?
 
3putt in coastal SC said:
I can't open this folder. Permission needed? I am the only established
user of this computer. How do I change the permissions for this
folder(s)?
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There is no "Documents and Settings" folder in Vista, just a junction (hard
link) by that name to provide backwards compatibility. It merely redirects
older programs to the %UserProfile% and %AppData% folders in Vista. Leave
the permissions unchanged.

Charlie42
 
It's not a real folder. It's used for compatibility purposes and redirects
to the Users folder.
 
3putt in coastal SC said:
I can't open this folder. Permission needed? I am the only established
user of this computer. How do I change the permissions for this folder(s)?
Click to expand...

It's not a real folder. It's a Junction put there for compatibility
purposes. Most of what you're looking for there will be in C:\Users
 
3putt in coastal SC said:
I can't open this folder. Permission needed? I am the only established
user of this computer. How do I change the permissions for this folder(s)?
Click to expand...

They are not folder. They are Junction Points, redirecting to the new
locations. They are very handy and now in Vista they can point to network
locations, like symlinks in Linux. You can make them with the MKLINK
command.

ss.
 
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