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

 

[Tom Lake]

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]

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.