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I appear not have sufficient privileges yet I am the administrator full access or my local PC? As best I can figure Microsoft is trying to make it very difficult to access those old folders. Apparently in Windows Vista, the folders have been moved. The information is elsewhere and fully accessible in the new location. Become a Patron of Ask Leo! In any case, if you get access denied at the old location, the solution is simple: go to the new location instead.
Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week. A junction point is a hidden file pointer in NTFS. What does that mean to you? It means that older programs, which are hard coded to copy files to the My Documents directory, will be redirected to the new Documents folder in Windows Vista.
Where is it? Where does this get to be a challenge? I use RoboCopy to back-up my documents onto a thumb-drive each day at work. This gives me a portable, readable image that is easy to work with. Guys, the solution for this is simple. You just have to take ownership of those folders and there subfolders in Vista. Then you will have full permission to access the content. The permission only changes in Vista. Not all folders are accessible. The junction point folders will still say denied.
No matter what you do. Because they are are virtual. By placing them in a virtual folder. But they are accessible by ways of the junction point folders. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.
For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. You can decrease the update interval for the Well-Known folder cache by changing two registry values for the KnownFolderSettings subkey. These values control the intervals that are used to update the Well-Known folder cache, based on the success or failure of queries.
By default, there is no KnownFolderSettings subkey. Instead, you must create this subkey. To create the KnownFolderSettings subkey and its values, follow these steps:. Click Start , click Run , type regedit, and then click OK. On the Edit menu, point to New , and then click Key. The CachetimeoutSuccess registry value controls the time-out for cache entries that are populated successfully when the cache is built.
We recommend that you set this value to the maximum value of ms 12 minutes except when you have to configure the cache to repopulate the settings more frequently. Decreased values may cause an increase in processor and network load. This increased load is associated with Windows Explorer. The CachetimeoutFailure registry value controls the time-out for cache entries that are not populated successfully when the cache is built. Can any one ease my suffering???
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Thread starter firestormer Start date Apr 13, Status This thread has been Locked and is not open to further replies. The original thread starter may use the Report button to request it be reopened but anyone else with a similar issue should start a New Thread. Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Joined Sep 16, Messages 1, Ive been running vista for about a month now no real problems. Today i open outlook and get this:.
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