Copy documents and settings folder vista

I found that the change in location, by Vista, can affect Movie Maker. There may be other programs that have the same problem. I have not come across them. What is strange is that Movie Maker comes installed with the OS.

Any idea how to open thay both folder? Uncheck show all files and the problem goes away. Thank god you posted this. My outlook. I am unable to locate the AppData folder on my C drive.

Once te archive process was done, my C drive free space was down by a little more than 3GB yes, I had a lot of stuff accumulated in Outlook. After this, the link icon appeared on certain folders. I am buying a Mac laptop this coming week primarily because of the poor quality of the Vista OS.

Sorry for the vitriol towards Microsoft, but when I spend 2 months of my time working out one Vista bug after another with my Bangalore buddies, and loosing hours of work yes I back up I kind of loose interest in even turning the machine at all…. They have replaced it and asked me to retrieve their data. I have removed the drive and have it in a USB connected drive case. I can read some of the folders in Users, but many are still inaccessible — This folder may have been moved or be offline….

Hey, thanks for this posting. I must add that I am using windows xp home not the program you are talking about but thought you might still be able to help. I found a solution to show the Documents and Settings yesterday i open it look! Hey I m Nafiz, I can,t access my recent and cookies folder in my profile in windows 7. Can u give any solution to that???? Office Local files Signatures, Personal. I dont like owning a chest of drawers that the manufacturer locks me out of some drawers!

You have access to see the folder but not the contents. Thank you for these useful tips, iv been trying to access pictures that iv lost for months, and iv finally been able to access them!!

Right-click on the Documents Folder. Select Properties. Click Security tab. Click Advanced in the lower right corner. In the Advanced Security Settings window that pops up, click on the Owner tab. Click Edit.

Click Other users or groups. Click OK. Apply the settings. Then try accessing the Document folder. I wanted to just say thank you for this article. Solved my problem and all is well with the world once again. On this page, we show you the different ways My Documents or Documents can be accessed in all versions of Windows. Early versions of Windows refer to the folder that holds your documents as "My Documents. By default, the Documents option is hidden in the Windows 10 and Windows 11 Start menu.

However, you can re-enable this feature if you want to have another method of accessing your Documents. In earlier versions of Microsoft Windows, the My Documents folder was on the desktop , by default. However, Windows 10 and Windows 11 disables this feature. Once Documents is visible on the desktop, double-clicking this folder allows you to access your saved documents on the computer. In early versions of Microsoft Windows, the My Documents folder was on the desktop by default.

How do I access the "Documents and Settings" or, if all my information, based upon your response, is stored under my username under the "Users" folder, how do I access ANY of those folders to delete, rename, or clear data from THOSE folders? Specifically, I want to delete "Cookies" folder info, "Recent" folder info, and portions of "Local Settings" folder info, and some others periodically. Thank you! We encourage you to create a new thread regarding your issue as this post has already aged and that there are other solutions already formulated for this issue.

This is in order for us and other community members to assist you better. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. That's because it's a Junction Point, not a Folder.