Access denied to cookies, docs & settings, etc

[robertpri]

I had this nightmware with Vista, but it was easy to fix. Just take ownership. But a scan shows I have many tracking cookies, but Win 7 won't let me access it. Denied. I clicked the 'turn off password' thing, but still cannot access docs and settings, cookies, and many other useful folders.

Very annoying, since I am the only user and logged on.

 

[Jacee]

Have you done this? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html?filter[2]=User Accounts

 

[logicearth]

Because the folders you are trying to access are not really the folders you are suppose to be accessing! The Cookies folder you are looking for it right here: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

Document and Settings is nothing but a junction that points to C:\Users

Every hidden folder that is denying you access is nothing more then a junction and you better well leave them alone. I am very serious when I say leave them alone.

 

[robertpri]

Because the folders you are trying to access are not really the folders you are suppose to be accessing! The Cookies folder you are looking for it right here: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

You are right--that is where I found the tracking cookies. Could MS have hidden them any better? Nowhere in help could I find this info.

All they want is the scorched earth delete history method, and then spend an evening getting back to one's sites.

many thanks!

Odd one: I ranked top 8% on pcpitstop with the only flaw being those tracking cookies. I followed your steps and removed them. Re ran tests and now rank top 4%, but those 22 cookies still show, even though they are gone. Odd...
bob

 

[Arraytext]

Seeing AppData Users\[username]

Because the folders you are trying to access are not really the folders you are suppose to be accessing! The Cookies folder you are looking for it right here: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

Document and Settings is nothing but a junction that points to C:\Users

Every hidden folder that is denying you access is nothing more then a junction and you better well leave them alone. I am very serious when I say leave them alone.

If you go from Computer-->C drive-->Users-->[username] there is no AppData folder visible. Is there a way to make it visible so you can get to the data using the dummy point-and-click interface that makes Windows so nice? Or do you have to do everything from the c:\?

Thanks a bunch!

 

[karlsnooks]

Have you tried using CCleaner?