Help please Folders not accessible


  1. ericpope
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    windows 7 Professional
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    Help please Folders not accessible


    I have just installed Windows 7 Professional, and used the windows transfer for all my documents. Reloaded them Ok but now when I try to open several of them it says 'C/Documents and Settings is not accessible, Access is denied' I have tried to change the permissions but it just says there was an error?? it says 'an error occurred when applying security information etc.
    Can anyone help please???
    Thank you
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  3. richc46
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    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
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    Give yourself ownership, then change permsissions.

    http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...ship-file.html
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  4. ericpope
    Posts : 2
    windows 7 Professional
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    Hi Richard
    Sorry but I cannot open the take ownership file
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  6. Ztruker
    Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
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    C:\Documents and Settings is a Junction Point, that points to C:\Users\<youraccountname>\Documents. Look there instead.

    To see what I mean, right click on C:\My Documents and select Properties then click on the Link Properties tab and you'll see the Type of link is Junction.

    Some info here:
    Application Compatibility: Junction Points and Backup Applications
    NTFS junction point - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Note: I just realized you may not see the Link Properties tab unless you have Link Shell Extension installed.
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