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So close! moved Documents and Settings by mistake
I think I've read enough about junction points, but it hasn't explained why messing with them is so painful.
I just went from XP to Windows 7, and spotted right away that most of my data from XP Documents and Settings was in C:\Users -- actually all of it.
Since I didn't format the partition, all my old files were still there. I then discovered that they were unwritable because of XP permissions/ACLs, so I was glad I had backed them up.
I moved all the files from XP into c:\files.old, including unfortunately Documents and Settings. When I discovered my mistake, I tried to just move it back to C:\. Nothing doing. I can't remember if I discovered 'elevated command prompts' by this time. I was logged on as Administrator anyway, right?
After too many hours lost sleep trying to move and copy, I gave up and created a new locked down Documents and Settings junction point in C:\ using mklink /J. I used the advanced security settings from the original, now in files.old.
Now I've given up trying to delete the one in files.old. It was easy to rename it to something strange, but that won't stop scanning programs from using it, unless I lock it down, but I would much prefer that it's gone. I downloaded junction.exe from Microsoft, but no matter how I set the permissions in files.old or on the renamed junction point, I always get Access Denied from junction -d. I even tried the same thing after booting from the setup disc.
Anyone else make this silly mistake?
Thanks,
Richard
Last edited by rireed3; 13 Feb 2010 at 12:09. Reason: make sure notify is on