Need to create "Documents and Settings" folder on C drive

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I need to create the "Document and Settings" folder on C drive in Vista.
When I try to do this is says it will move it to C:\users and does not let me
create it under "C:\".

I need this folder on C drive in order to open a project file in Power
Producer (video editing software) that I created on a PC using Windows XP.
Once I can create the Documents and Settings folder, then I can create the
full path and copy the required files in the last folder so Power Producer
can open the project that I have spent hours producing!!

There is no option in Power Producer to change where it looks for these
files for the project. My only hope to not waste the hours of work already
spent is to re-create the full path in Windows Vista, which means I need...
c:\Documents and Settings\...

Can anyone help me....please!!!!

Thanks,
MT



so I can re-create the eaxct path that the program Power Producer is
looking for.
 
The Max said:
Turn off User Account Control.

Control Panel (Classic mode), User Accounts.
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No. He cannot create the folder because there is a junction point in that
location pointing to the new Vista location, for legacy apps. That is why
the folder is being diverted when he tried to move it there. The Documents
and Settings folder is now the Users folder in Vista. He can user the same
old path in Vista, but it will be diverted to the new location.

ss.
 
The Max said:
Completely missed that. It's past my bed time I think ;-)
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Thanks guys - I did read in another post that the documents and settings
folder in XP is now the "user" folder in Vista.
But is there any way around this junction point so I can add the folder to
the C drive and not have it moved to the user folder???
 
You can not change the basic parameters of the operating system. Go to the
manufacturers web site of the program that is misbehaving and see if they
have an update to solve your problem.
 
You can not change the basic parameters of the operating system. Go to the
manufacturers web site of the program that is misbehaving and see if they
have an update to solve your problem.
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[top-post corrected]

I beg to differ. Unless MS hardcoded something (bad coding on their
part) you should be able to point D & S anywhere. That's the whole
point of a logical name (aka junction point in MS terminology).
 
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