Access is denied - WHY ??

Barman58 said:

Sorry My mistake, you are correct of course :)

not sure why it's actually there as it appears to be a mirror of the users folder

It's to maintain compatibilty with older programs.

"Users" used to be a subdirectory of "Documents and settings" in XP.

Now it is directly in the root. (C:\ in my case)

some older programs want to save to "documents and settings\userx\.......


Greetz



edit: I even think one of them sets is a new kind of mklink, don't know which is real and which is virtual. (you might be right, you might be wrong, and so might I. :) )

Thanks for the research Barman.

+rep for that.


We were both right and both wrong, just like Denzel and Gene in "Crimson Tide".

Glad we sorted it out, saves everybody the hassle of getting into docs and settings.

Greetz

i googled everywhere, and this is the best answer, by far. Took a few tries, but it definetely work.............

SquonkSC said:

errolgreer said:

How can I open folders like Documents and Settings ? I get "Access is denied" although my account is not a limited one. I would like the freedom of opening whatever folder I want to.

If you want to be able to open Documents and setting you have to take ownership and you need to add you username to the permitted users.

1. Rightclick on the folder

2. select properties

3. goto security tab

4. click on advanced button

5. click owner tab

6. click the edit button

7. click on your own username

8. check the "owner of underlying containers and object"box

9. click ok and wait until rights are distributed.

10. now click ok buttons until you are back in explorer


11. right click again on the folder
12. select the security tab
13. click the edit button
14. in next screen click the add button
15. in the textbox type your user name and click on check name
16. Click ok
17. check the full permissions tick box
18. click ok twice.

You're done

greetz

this worked - thanks for that. But how do you reverse this when you're done? I dont want to 'permanently' change or mess with the default permissions in win7, but i'm not sure how to restore permissions to the way they were before doing the above. Thanks!

errolgreer said:

How can I open folders like Documents and Settings ? I get "Access is denied" although my account is not a limited one. I would like the freedom of opening whatever folder I want to.

"Documents and Settings" is not a real folder. It is a junction point to allow old apps to work. The real folder is "Users." Do not change permissions on "Documents and Settings." Changing it will cause serious issues.

OK, I got mine fixed after learning more than I ever wanted to know about permissions, ownership and security in general. More than I ever needed to know before Win 7!
It is my data, in my folder, on my (built by me) computer, using my Win 7 Professional 64, in my home-office (where even my wife fears to tread), in my (paid for)house; I am the (only)owner, the (only)administrator, and the author.
Whatever witless computer engineer that thought it was a good idea to deny me access to all the above please stand up and hold up your hand, like the basketball players that foul another player (if they are man enough), and say "I fouled! Bad idea!"