Padlock On Folder?

[johnbee]

Thanks for the responses....

The folder I want access to is: C:\Users\Fritzables\Local Settings\Temp

I can't get into 'Local Settings'

I have had some Trojans attack in XP days and by going restarting in 'Safe
Mode' one could go into this folder and delete it's contents and take the
offending file with it.

Hope this helps what I am trying to do.

Fritzables.

That folder does not exist in my PC. However, I will tell you that Windows
7, with updates installed, is rather good at dealing with trojans, while XP
did nothing at all about them - a slight exaggeration but with XP it was in
my opinion important, if one did a bit of downloading from likely danger
sites, to have paid for virus software. So you are less likely to need to
do that sort of thing.

Also, Disk Cleanup, a standard Windows 7 utility, is good at removing
temporary files - in fact probably better than one can manage on one's own
because (this is my own personal viewpoint, nobody here agrees with me)
Windows 7 puts files in odd places, not intuitively obvious ones. It also
leaves shortcuts all over the place which remain even after the file they
point to is deleted (the system maintenance troubleshooter will have a go at
dealing with that sort of thing. I have no idea why disk cleanup doesn't do
that.)

 

[Gordon]

That folder does not exist in my PC.

I think you'll find it does - you have to unhide hidden files and
folders and also unhide protected System files in Windows explorer to
see it...

 

[Seth]

I think you'll find it does - you have to unhide hidden files and folders
and also unhide protected System files in Windows explorer to see it...

And it still doesn't exist... The folder the OP referenced is NOT a folder.
It is a junction point which is there to automatically redirect legacy
applications trying to access that path to the correct path.

When changing the view settings to reveal hidden and system objects you see
what appears to be a folder, but unlike real folders this one has the
shortcut arrow on it indicating it is a junction point.

Here is the junction definition for what used to be the folder "Local
Settings"...

\\?\C:\Users\<username>\Local Settings: JUNCTION
Print Name : C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local
Substitute Name: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local

 

[Gordon]

And it still doesn't exist... The folder the OP referenced is NOT a
folder. It is a junction point

Which I told the OP that it was a few posts ago. Why are you telling ME
that?

 

[Seth]

Which I told the OP that it was a few posts ago. Why are you telling ME
that?

Cause in the quoted material above you're still calling it a folder.

Johnbee: That folder doesn't exist
you: I think you'll find that it does

 

[johnbee]

I think you'll find it does - you have to unhide hidden files and folders
and also unhide protected System files in Windows explorer to see it...

(the reference was to folders c:\users\username\Local settings\.... which I
said did not exist on my PC).

No - there are e.g. some folders named with variants of Local, but they are
under \Appdata\.