"Manatee Memories" wrote

"Rock" wrote>
>>"Manatee Memories" wrote
>>> Seeing as how the "Documents and Settings" folder is so finicky about
>>> allowing access, just how in the heck am I supposed to drop shortcuts;
>>> various & sundry, in there?
>>>
>>> Quite a few are presently thereabouts, but I am able to concoct some
>>> which are not, unfortunately, allowed in :-(
>>
>>It's not finicky. Access is denied for a reason. You only saw it and
>>other
>>such those folders because you elected to show hidden files/folders and
>>display protected Operating system files and folders. They are hidden for
>>a
>>reason. You don't need access to them. They hold no data. All they contain
>>is a pointer to the actual folder where the data is kept.
> [snip]
>
> 'Short & sweet' would have been nice.
>
>>Certain folders used in XP, such as these, were brought into Vista for
>>compatibility for legacy apps. They are not used to store data. They
>>appear
>>dimmed with the shortcut arrow and give access denied.
>
> Right-click, scroll to 'Properties', then un-check/tick "Hidden" (also,
> possibly, "Read-only"). Been doing that since August of 1995, when Win95
> first came onto the scene. I saw no reason why such would not suffice,
> now.

Well since it's a different OS and a different issue, that's way that does
not suffice. Now you know, eh?

>> If you want to see
>>what folder it points to, open a elevated command prompt, navigate to the
>>folder that contains the folder in question and give the command:
>>dir /al
>
> Or, right-lick & scroll to 'Properties'?

No, that doesn't show the folder to which the junction points.

>>Junction points are designated by <Junction> and the folder to which it
>>points is at the end of the line in square brackets. Do not change the
>>permissions on these junction points. It can cause problems for the same
>>legacy apps they are they for in the first place.
>
> The system would not consent to allow my (attempts at) changes, so
> your-above is essentially moot.

It's not moot. Those permissions can be changed. Fortunately it seems that
how you were doing it didn' not work. Had you changed the permissions that
could cause other problems. So leave them be.

>>From a post by Jimmy Brush here is a list of the these XP folders and
>>their
>>corresponding locations in Vista:
>>Windows XP Location Windows Vista Location
>>\Documents and Settings \Users
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents \Users\$USER$\Documents
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents\My Music \Users\$USER$\Music
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents\My Pictures
>>\Users\$USER$\Pictures
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents\My Videos
>>\Users\$USER$\Videos
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Application Data
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Cookies
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ Cookies
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Local
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\NetHood
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ Network Shortcuts
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\PrintHood
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ Printer Shortcuts
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Recent
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ Recent
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\SendTo
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ SendTo
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Start Menu
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ Start Menu
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Templates
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ Templates
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings\Application Data
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Local
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings\History
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Hi story
>>\Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
>>\Users\$USER$\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Te mporary Internet Files
>>\Documents and Settings\All Users \ProgramData
>>\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data \ProgramData
>>\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop \Users\Public\Desktop
>>\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents \Users\Public\Documents
>>\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites \Users\Public\Favorites
>>\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
>>\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>>\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates
>>\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
>>\Documents and Settings\Default User \Users\Default "
>
> My oh my. So _much_ appears to have changed, between XP & Vista
> (reminiscent of when Win 3.11 changed to Win95). I predict "interesting
> times" await old Win users.

There is a paradigm shift in going to Vista, that's for sure. Where folks
get into trouble is assuming things are the same and using the XP model to
change things in Vista, which ends in the confusion. So realize it's
different, use the experience with XP as a springboard but be aware there
are differences so if things don't seem the same, get some info on it before
blindly making changes.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]