Can't access XP documents from Windows 7

I can't see that being the problem. Again, I can access x: without any problems, including programs that were installed on that drive through WinXP.

Well I just tested it on my setup and I can access my XP desktop files without any problem. I am using same setup as yours, XP/7 dual-boot. Only mine is 7 32-bit. Though this should not cause the problem you are having. My path looks like:
J:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop

thegr8anand said:

Well I just tested it on my setup and I can access my XP desktop files without any problem. I am using same setup as yours, XP/7 dual-boot. Only mine is 7 32-bit. Though this should not cause the problem you are having. My path looks like:
J:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop

Dang... but thanks for letting me know. I'll keep digging.

Here's something strange... I managed to find my documents in x:\users\user\my documents. But XP doesn't use \users, it uses \documents and settings. Whenever I need to access the documents in XP, I use \documents and settings. My problem is effectively solved, but does anyone have any theories as to why this would be the case?

I spoke too soon... those documents in the \users folder were from a previous Vista install. My updated documents are still inaccessible from Win7.

It's not that I can't access the folder, it's that Win7 is showing Win7's files/documents when it should be showing WinXP's files/documents. I boot back into WinXP, and there they are. I boot back into Win7, and there they aren't. :) Everything else on that drive is where it should be, but the WinXP files/documents are mysteriously not appearing under Win7. Again, I'm 100% certain I'm using the correct drive/partition/path. It's as though Win7 is intentionally hiding WinXP's files/documents.

Also, the previous Vista install wasn't a failed one. I had Vista installed quite a while ago, and I saved the Users folder from it before formatting the drive shortly afterwards.

I believe you are suffering from the junction folder problem, which was created in Vista originally. As you know,The Documents and settings folder, in Vista and 7, is only there for backward comatibility reasons, and is inaccessible. Any files saved from a legacy install, are tarnsferred automatically to the new documents folders in Vista/7. You may have found a serious bug! Perhaps 7 has an inability to sort out the problem and is automatically transgerring you to the new folders. Just a thought+??

You could try to test it, by writing a note in 7, and attempting to save it to the XP Documents and Settings folder. It would be interesting, if it ever allowed it, to see if the saved file pops up under the Windows 7 Documents folder.

If I understand what you're saying, Win7 transfers WinXP's documents to "\users" when upgrading. However, I didn't upgrade from XP to Win7; I'm running a dual-boot system with Win7 installed on its own partition. When I boot back into XP, the documents are in "\documents and settings" on the XP partition as they should be. When I boot back into Win7 and check that location, I'm shown the documents that are actually from Win7's partition (in "\users"), even though I'm looking on XP's partition (in "\documents and settings").

It may indeed be a bug; I can't find any other explanation for it.