Explorer: How do I get perms to browse Documents and Settings?

[Al Dykes]

I have a basic W7/home premium system and want to use file explorer to

browse Documents and Settings for my user id. When I click on it I get

"access is denied". I'm using the user id that was created during

system setup.



I don't see anything that would let me run with elevated privilages.



What should I be doing?



Thanks

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Al Dykes

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[Tom Lake]

"Al Dykes" wrote in message

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> I have a basic W7/home premium system and want to use file explorer to

> browse Documents and Settings for my user id. When I click on it I get

> "access is denied". I'm using the user id that was created during

> system setup.

>

> I don't see anything that would let me run with elevated privilages.

>

> What should I be doing?

>

> Thanks



In Win 7, that's not an actual directory. It's just a fake name

to placate programs that are looking for that specific name.

All the data that used to be in there in earlier OSes is now

in Users.



Tom Lake

 

[Seth]

"Al Dykes" wrote in message

news:i0jc6q$8ti$1@panix1.panix.com...

> I have a basic W7/home premium system and want to use file explorer to

> browse Documents and Settings for my user id. When I click on it I get

> "access is denied". I'm using the user id that was created during

> system setup.

>

> I don't see anything that would let me run with elevated privilages.

>

> What should I be doing?



\Documents and Settings no longer exists. What you are seeing is a "Junction

Point". It is there to transparently point legacy applications in the right

direction.



What you want now is under \Users.