Am I alone here in being unable to get into a number of "my" folders in Vista? "Location Unavailable" and "Access denied" comes up for C:\Users\Howard\Application Data, \Start Menu, \Sendto, \Templates and several more, including C:\Docs&Sets. I'm Administrator and sole User, 'Folder Options' has everything ticked to show everything. The forbidden folders have a Shortcut arrow but no properties giving a path to their location. This is a major annoyance as I want to tidy up the mess that is the Vista programs menu with a hierarchical folder system; dead easy in 9x and XP. [I've solved that one - right-click on the 'Start' button and Explore.] I want to add programs like Notepad and Paint Shop Pro to the 'Send to...' list; [Solved] I want to be able to pick what Application Data I back up, etc. edit: Found some workrounds but Vista seems to make life much harder for the tinkerer.
Try: C:\Users\Howard\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs C:\Users\Howard\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo Or are these the ones you're referring to?
It's all the crap shown with shortcut ( ) arrows. I mean, what's the point of showing those folders when the real ones are elsewhere and the "shortcuts" don't take you there, forbidden to all, including the so-called "administrator". I'm finding Vista annoying. If I wanted pain I could have installed Linux.
You shouldn't be getting errors like that unless you did something insane with the permissions. I know the Windows permission model sucks and is doomed to do so for the rest of eternity and then a few weeks, but I can't say that I've seen a shortcut fail to fire off because of that. I'm assuming you've checked the security settings for the folder(s) in question, have the right access, haven't revoked anything, etc., etc., right?
I think that they're disallowed to users (any users) but not to the system, to allow compatibility with older programs that have the XP user model hard-coded.
I get this every now and then, usually after installing a game demo. (from memory - will update when I get home) Right click folder > properties > security > advanced(?) > owner > set new owner > select admin > make sure its recursive > ok > ok - and it should be OK
These are folders that are invisible by default; mortals are not supposed to be looking at them. It just seems to be the totally paranoid approach to security that is Vista. I added a couple of common switches to Explorer and it went berserk and made me confirm Explorer was "safe". Use msconfig to uncheck the nuisance Startup items that always get added with a new install (Acrobat, Quicktime, etc) and next boot you get a "Go to Guantanamo Bay, do not pass Go" card. On the other hand, tabbed Exploring is nice - very foxy.
