"Access Denied" for "Documents and Settings"

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  1. Posts : 18
    Win7
       #1

    "Access Denied" for "Documents and Settings"


    I have tried logging on as the hidden Admin and I have checked my permissions but I still can't access this folder. I think there are some Firefox files in this folder and I need to see them.
    Any help?
    Thanks,
    Frank
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  2. ryo
    Posts : 1,953
    windows 7
       #2

    welcome..try to use the elevate command prompt Elevated Command Prompt
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  3. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #3

    Please see the links in my signature.
    In short anything in "Document and Settings" is in "Users".
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  4. Posts : 118
    windows 7
       #4

    frostfrank said:
    I have tried logging on as the hidden Admin and I have checked my permissions but I still can't access this folder. I think there are some Firefox files in this folder and I need to see them.
    Any help?
    Thanks,
    Frank
    need to take ownership of that shortcut... Then you wil be able to access the folder
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  5. Posts : 1,326
    Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet)
       #5

    Delphin and Ryo.....BAD advice. "Documents and Settings" is no longer used. It is simply a junction point to the Users folder. YOU SHOULD NEVER, EVER CHANGE THE PERMISSIONS OR OWNERSHIP ON "DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS." It will cause HUGE problems and has been documented on these forums many times.

    To the OP...the files you want are in Users, or they do not exist on the drive. Documents and Settings is not a folder under Windows 7. It is only a junction point (a "link") to the Users folder.
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  6. Posts : 118
    windows 7
       #6

    S macgyvr I know that it is a shortcut(Link) i mentioned that in my earlier post also....

    But taking ownership of the link will do nothing..

    In my computer i did that when i started using windows vista and it the same in windows 7 also...

    "Access Denied" for "Documents and Settings"-documents-settings.png

    As he is curious to make the link to work.. i suggested it..
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  7. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #7

    And there is absolutely no point to mess with it. Go to C:\Users
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  8. Posts : 1,326
    Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet)
       #8

    Delphin said:
    S macgyvr I know that it is a shortcut(Link) i mentioned that in my earlier post also....

    But taking ownership of the link will do nothing..

    In my computer i did that when i started using windows vista and it the same in windows 7 also...

    "Access Denied" for "Documents and Settings"-documents-settings.png

    As he is curious to make the link to work.. i suggested it..
    Bad suggestion, I'm sorry to say. Good advice would have been for him to leave it alone. We try to solve problems, not make new ones.
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  9. ryo
    Posts : 1,953
    windows 7
       #9

    he is just want to see the contain of the file.
    not sure for what..
    but i think there is nothing of there.
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  10. Posts : 18
    Win7
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Thanks to all who replied!
    I will leave Documents and Settings alone.
    Found what I needed in users.
    Thanks again!
    Frank
      My Computer


 
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