Windows 7 documents and settings issue

coolwalker

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Yesterday I tried to access my documents and settings and was told I didn't have permission. I went to UAC and set the slider to the bottom and tried again. No luck. I right clicked on it, went to properties and then sharing and it was set to No Access. I tried to change that but everytime it kept going back to No Access no matter what. is there some kind of fix for this? I can access my documents and my pictures and everything else but when attempting to simply go to documents and settings on its own, I can't get in.

I like Win 7 greatly, but this is pi$$ing me off!
 
Solution
you want permissions which is under security tab not sharing

go to your folder and right click properties / security / edit then pick you admin%yourusername% and tick boxes to give you full control and modify etc click ok and should work

or you can goto this post by "rak" and use his take ownership addon to right click menu
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you want permissions which is under security tab not sharing

go to your folder and right click properties / security / edit then pick you admin%yourusername% and tick boxes to give you full control and modify etc click ok and should work

or you can goto this post by "rak" and use his take ownership addon to right click menu
 
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Solution
I have another post on this issue also. But here goes.
Documents and settings is a system folder. It is known, as it was in Vista, as a junction folder. It, together with several other XP style , and inaccessible, folders, is there only for backward compatibilty only. To gain access is a recipe for chaos. You will find, at best, that you start getting duplicates of files, and even folders, all over your OS.

If you accepted the defaults in the Tools -Folder options - views of Windows explorer, you should not even be able to see it, which was as intended.
 
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Documents and settings is not a real folder in Vista or Windows 7. It is called a Junction and it is there to allow legacy progams to interface with the Windows 7 folder structure. What was contained in Documents and settings is now in
C:\Users\<your user name>\
 
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I've done everything suggested and I still can't simply open my documents and settings. Is there any registry fix?
 
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