That was a good article - thanks. I checked attrib on a Vista machine's user\userid (where userid is a username) and, oddly enough, my user dir there shows S & H but not R, which is opposite of what you found. That's weird because it differs from what you've found on your own machine but is the...
Hi all, Anymore ideas about this given the owners listed previously? Does it makes sense to change the directory type so it isn't system or is that a bad thing? Thanks.
As it turns out, I was able to get the answer after all. The ids listed in the permissions box had everything except special permissions checked and were my id, Home Users, System and Administrators. The other thing I noticed is that the "Hidden" box is checked but greyed out, so I couldn't...
Thanks for the quick response Saltgrass. I am not near that computer today, but will check it out tomorrow and let you know what it says. I am simultaneously relieved and anxious to find out it's not supposed to be that way. Thank you again. I will let you know when I get on that computer.
OK, I found out what it was, but I'm not thrilled with the solution. I had to uncheck "Hide Protected Operating System Files" and the directory became visible in Explorer again. I say reappeared because I could see it and other files in the Users directory (such as Default User) before and...
Hi all, I have a problem I've never encountered in any version in Windows. My C:\Users directory has disappeared from Explorer, but I *can* open CMD and use the command line to get to it (cd c:users\userid\..... etc.). I have set folder options to show hidden files and folders, but I still don't...