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Subject: Documents and Settings
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 7/26/2008 6:26:00 PM
From: =?Utf-8?B?amFja2lldGlzb24=?= [Email Address Protection]

How do i go into my Documents and Settings folder?Every time i try double
clicking to open it, a window pops up saying C:\Documents and Settings is not
accessible. Access is denied.What do i do to access the folder?

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Subject: Re: Documents and Settings
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 7/26/2008 6:40:05 PM
From: Nonny [Email Address Protection]

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:26:00 -0700, jackietison
<jackietison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>How do i go into my Documents and Settings folder?Every time i try double
>clicking to open it, a window pops up saying C:\Documents and Settings is not
>accessible. Access is denied.What do i do to access the folder?

It's not a folder, it's a shortcut. And it goes nowhere. You can
Google it for the reason.

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Subject: Re: Documents and Settings
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 7/26/2008 6:59:27 PM
From: "Dave" [Email Address Protection]

Vista uses a different file structure than XP does/did. Those familiar
folder
names you may be used to, like "My Documents", "Documents & Settings", etc.
are not folders in Vista. They are junction points, and are used for legacy
programs which were written to utilize the XP file structure. They will
redirect the programs to use the equivalent Vista folders.
If you keep the protected operating system files hidden, you won't see them.

In Vista......
Documents & Settings -> \Users
My Documents -> \Users\youraccount\Documents
My Music -> \Users\youraccount\Music
Application Data -> \Users\youraccount\AppData
etc.


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"jackietison" <jackietison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1F022B24-E212-4157-A91F-D528B1B42FD9@microsoft.com...
> How do i go into my Documents and Settings folder?Every time i try double
> clicking to open it, a window pops up saying C:\Documents and Settings is
> not
> accessible. Access is denied.What do i do to access the folder?


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Subject: Re: Documents and Settings
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 7/26/2008 8:42:41 PM
From: Nonny [Email Address Protection]

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:37:00 -0700, jackietison
<jackietison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>if it goes nowhere how come i was told there is a virus in that folder?I dont
>understand.

The other person who replied to you gave a very detailed description
of that "folder". There can't be a virus in it because it's just a
shortcut.

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