Location of My Pictures

I used Easy Transfer to move from an XP Box to a new Win 7 PC. Everything transferred OK, with most stuff going to C:/users/John where I'd expect it. However the old "My Pictures" fetched up in the Pictures Library. Its Location tab under Properties tells me that the actual location is "C:\Users\John\Local Settings\Pictures".
The trap is that I can't find any such location. Unhiding hidden files & folders reveals that "C:\Users\John\Local Settings" exists only as as a shortcut (I assume a Junction Point) to which I'm denied access even though I'm using an administrator account.
Any ideas on how I might be able to have my Pictures appear in my main folder? Is it safe just to Move them (right click) from the Library or must one be more careful?
TIA John

Thanks Fred. I agree that C:\Users\John\Pictures is where I expected to find the files; however no such folder exists. I can still see the image files via Library but I can't access them (including backup) from C:\Users\John. Any ideas? John

2 questions
1. do you actually have a C:\Users\John\Pictures folder
2. can you access your pictures at all

WHS:
1. No, I don't have a folder C:\Users\John\Pictures (or ....\My Pictures)
2. I can access my pictures via the Library. I can also see them in Desktop/John, but not anywhere in C:/users/John

Fred:
It's a new machine, bought with Win 7 Pro pre-installed.

Does this help? John

Captain:

Thanks. Ran FixIt. That got rid of the entries in Library and Desktop\John but didn't create a folder in C:\users\John. The only way I can find my pictures now is by using Start > Search Programs and Files and use a file name in the search. This tells me that the pictures are in C:\Users\John\Local Settings|My Pictures. 'd like to be able to just move these to a new folder in C:\Users\John but can't do so because, asI said at the start of the thread C:\Users\John\Local Settings only shows as a shortcut which refuses me access, and is only visible if I've set "Show Hidden files and folders".

I have a backup of the pictures. I'm beginning to think that the best way may be to restore those to a Pictures I create for myself in C:\users\John. However I'm reluctant to do this because it will further confuse the Search routine

John