Folder symbol..

Just bought a laptop with Windows 7. Some folders have a lock symbol and
click results in "Access Denied" . Don't know how I did this and how to
undo. Will appreciate any help. Need more info?

On 6/21/2011 11:12 AM, BEW wrote:
> Just bought a laptop with Windows 7. Some folders have a lock symbol and
> click results in "Access Denied" . Don't know how I did this and how to
> undo. Will appreciate any help. Need more info?

You didn't do anything wrong! It is Microsoft's doing. And the new
Windows (Vista and Windows 7) treats *all* users as idiots. And being an
idiot, you are not allowed to go in those folders. Even if you are the
administrator, you are *not* allowed to go in there.

Some folders are not even real folders with files in there. Take that
"Documents and Settings" folder for example. It isn't really there. It
is only there because some programs expect it to be there. And any
program that wants to write there gets redirected to the Users folder
instead.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7

On 21/06/2011 17:48, BillW50 wrote:
> On 6/21/2011 11:12 AM, BEW wrote:
>> Just bought a laptop with Windows 7. Some folders have a lock symbol and
>> click results in "Access Denied" . Don't know how I did this and how to
>> undo. Will appreciate any help. Need more info?
>
> You didn't do anything wrong! It is Microsoft's doing. And the new
> Windows (Vista and Windows 7) treats *all* users as idiots. And being an
> idiot, you are not allowed to go in those folders. Even if you are the
> administrator, you are *not* allowed to go in there.
>
> Some folders are not even real folders with files in there. Take that
> "Documents and Settings" folder for example. It isn't really there. It
> is only there because some programs expect it to be there. And any
> program that wants to write there gets redirected to the Users folder
> instead.
>

I find that I can go into the folders that actually contain subfiles;
but not those that are simply routing signs.

In the Windows folder I can go into Prefetch, Minidump, LiveKernelReports.

Ed

"BillW50" <> wrote in message
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> On 6/21/2011 11:12 AM, BEW wrote:
>> Just bought a laptop with Windows 7. Some folders have a lock symbol
>> and
>> click results in "Access Denied" . Don't know how I did this and how to
>> undo. Will appreciate any help. Need more info?
>
> You didn't do anything wrong! It is Microsoft's doing. And the new Windows
> (Vista and Windows 7) treats *all* users as idiots. And being an idiot,
> you are not allowed to go in those folders. Even if you are the
> administrator, you are *not* allowed to go in there.
>
> Some folders are not even real folders with files in there. Take that
> "Documents and Settings" folder for example. It isn't really there. It is
> only there because some programs expect it to be there. And any program
> that wants to write there gets redirected to the Users folder instead.
>
> --
> Bill
> Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
> Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7

Thanks.. Hope my hair grows back soon :-}.

On 6/21/2011 12:01 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
> On 21/06/2011 17:48, BillW50 wrote:
>> On 6/21/2011 11:12 AM, BEW wrote:
>>> Just bought a laptop with Windows 7. Some folders have a lock symbol and
>>> click results in "Access Denied" . Don't know how I did this and how to
>>> undo. Will appreciate any help. Need more info?
>>
>> You didn't do anything wrong! It is Microsoft's doing. And the new
>> Windows (Vista and Windows 7) treats *all* users as idiots. And being an
>> idiot, you are not allowed to go in those folders. Even if you are the
>> administrator, you are *not* allowed to go in there.
>>
>> Some folders are not even real folders with files in there. Take that
>> "Documents and Settings" folder for example. It isn't really there. It
>> is only there because some programs expect it to be there. And any
>> program that wants to write there gets redirected to the Users folder
>> instead.
>>
>
> I find that I can go into the folders that actually contain subfiles;
> but not those that are simply routing signs.
>
> In the Windows folder I can go into Prefetch, Minidump, LiveKernelReports.
>
> Ed

That isn't true the first time you try, Ed. As it tells you that you
don't have access. But for those folders it tells you to click the
Continue button to always allow access here (as long as you have high
enough access).

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7

On 6/21/2011 12:17 PM, Alias wrote:
> On 06/21/2011 06:48 PM, BillW50 wrote:
>>
>> You didn't do anything wrong! It is Microsoft's doing. And the new
>> Windows (Vista and Windows 7) treats *all* users as idiots.
>
> Perfect OS for you, then.

Nope! Perfect for you Alias. As you can't even recall anything we
already covered with you like Windows security and how to never get a
virus. And once I teach you how to do it. You within days totally forget
everything we already covered.

One current theory is that you are nothing but a troll and want to just
waste other people time in arguments.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7

Hi, BEW.

Seems we discuss this here every week, but "there's always someone who
didn't get the memo". ;^}

See my 6/10/11 reply to sharonf in the thread, Two folders marked "My
Documents", in this newsgroup.

In short, some folders are "Junction Points", not folders at all. Nothing
malicious (as some imply), but simply another of Microsoft's awkward ways to
move us from WinXP into Win7 - while retaining backward compatibility.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3508.1109) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"BEW" wrote in message news:itqftp$c3i$...

Just bought a laptop with Windows 7. Some folders have a lock symbol and
click results in "Access Denied" . Don't know how I did this and how to
undo. Will appreciate any help. Need more info?

R. C. White wrote:
> Hi, BEW.
>
> Seems we discuss this here every week, but "there's always someone
> who didn't get the memo". ;^}
>
> See my 6/10/11 reply to sharonf in the thread, Two folders marked "My
> Documents", in this newsgroup.
>
> In short, some folders are "Junction Points", not folders at all.
> Nothing malicious (as some imply), but simply another of Microsoft's
> awkward ways to move us from WinXP into Win7 - while retaining
> backward compatibility.

I wish Windows had a "Single user" option that would do away with all
this junction point and user business, sort of a NT Windows 98.
--
Crash

"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion."
~ Arnold H. Glasow ~

On 6/21/2011 3:28 PM, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
> R. C. White wrote:
>> Hi, BEW.
>>
>> Seems we discuss this here every week, but "there's always someone
>> who didn't get the memo". ;^}
>>
>> See my 6/10/11 reply to sharonf in the thread, Two folders marked "My
>> Documents", in this newsgroup.
>>
>> In short, some folders are "Junction Points", not folders at all.
>> Nothing malicious (as some imply), but simply another of Microsoft's
>> awkward ways to move us from WinXP into Win7 - while retaining
>> backward compatibility.
>
> I wish Windows had a "Single user" option that would do away with all
> this junction point and user business, sort of a NT Windows 98.

You and me both! The closest thing to such a NT OS like this is WinPE.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7

On 21/06/2011 18:17, Alias wrote:
> On 06/21/2011 06:48 PM, BillW50 wrote:
>>
>> You didn't do anything wrong! It is Microsoft's doing. And the new
>> Windows (Vista and Windows 7) treats *all* users as idiots.
>
> Perfect OS for you, then.

Brilliant!
-- choro --