Solved Admin cannot access many folders. Why?

In Explore, there are several folders with a little black "arrow", and inside those folders, there are many that I cannot open. It says, "Not Accessbile. Access Denied"

I am the one and only user, the admin, so why can't I see what is in those folders? One example is C:\doc & settings\All Users\startup.

I want to see what is in the ll users startup menu, but it won't let me.

To me, this is very odd.

Hello Robert,

These are protected operating system files that Vista will not let you change since they are not really folders anyway. They are symbolic links redirecting older programs that still reference these old locations to the newer C:\Users\(user name) folders locations used by Vista now.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks. I don't understand it, but then again, there is nothing in the Vista License Agreement that says users are expected to understand it.

No problem Robert.

These are basically hard coded into Vista as folders that redirect to their corresponding C:\Users\(user name) folders. For example, in XP you had the My Documents folder, but now Vista uses C:\Users\(user name)\Documents now. In Vista the My Documents folder is still there, but it only serves to redirect to the new C:\Users\(user name)\Documents folder instead. Older programs not made for Vista may still reference the old My Documents folder instead, thus the need to include the redirect for Vista compatibility with older programs.

Makes sense. Thanks again.

You're welcome Robert.