Re: Rights to Folders


You assume that I don't know how to get to explorer. I do. In Windows XP, I
used to go to documents and settings/user name or all users/start Menu. There
I could make my changes and move items into submenus.
Now in windows Vista, the documents and settings folder under the C drive is
a shortcut and access is denied. If I right click and go to the properties of
a menu item in the start menu it shows that the items is located in
c:\programdata\microsoft\windows\start men\programs. Like I stated before, if
I try to go there, the startmenu is a shortcut and not accessible.
So who has all the rights to my computer? Microsoft? Well, they are not
around to customize my setup.
There is only one user, who is an administrator.


"Kerry Brown" wrote:

Right click on the Start Orb and pick Explore.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/


"Anne" <Anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am trying to set up the computer to my liking, for example I wanted to go
the start menu and create subfolder and move things around. I had already
selected to show hidden files and folder.

I found that there is only a short cut to the start menu and I am not
allowed to access it. Perhpaps I am looking in the wrong place. I am
looking
under users.
This is not the only folder I do not have rights to. The general setup is
similar and yet very different from XP.
This is my computer, if I want to mess with it, I should be allowed to do
it.
Can someone point me in the right direction on how to obtain rights to
these
files and folders, or where else I might have to look for the real folder
and
not the short cuts?


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