Many of my folders are now shortcuts

Many of my folders are now shortcuts including "ALL USERS" " Default User"
etc, also now a lot of the subfolders in there (like application data,
favorites, etc) I am the only user and the administrator, and now it won't
allow me access, How can I fix this ? (and any Idea what caused this ?)

As an admin you can share it if you wish. Rightclick one of the folders, say
c:\documents and settings', and Properties, sharing tab, advanced sharing
button.

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"EHinPA" <EHinPA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Many of my folders are now shortcuts including "ALL USERS" " Default User"
> etc, also now a lot of the subfolders in there (like application data,
> favorites, etc) I am the only user and the administrator, and now it won't
> allow me access, How can I fix this ? (and any Idea what caused this ?)

This does not work, I have tried it, but as I click apply or OK, it tells me
there was an error and "access to this folder is denied"

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> As an admin you can share it if you wish. Rightclick one of the folders, say
> c:\documents and settings', and Properties, sharing tab, advanced sharing
> button.
>
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> "EHinPA" <EHinPA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:976803DF-127C-4453-9E64-79807216680B@microsoft.com...
> > Many of my folders are now shortcuts including "ALL USERS" " Default User"
> > etc, also now a lot of the subfolders in there (like application data,
> > favorites, etc) I am the only user and the administrator, and now it won't
> > allow me access, How can I fix this ? (and any Idea what caused this ?)
>

Finally solved it. Not sure when it 1st happened, but I did a restore and
went back 2 weeks, the shortcut symbols are gone and I can access my folders

"EHinPA" wrote:

> Many of my folders are now shortcuts including "ALL USERS" " Default User"
> etc, also now a lot of the subfolders in there (like application data,
> favorites, etc) I am the only user and the administrator, and now it won't
> allow me access, How can I fix this ? (and any Idea what caused this ?)

Wow, I am having the exact same problem. Been trying different things all
weekend and now found this thread. I too tried to restore from 2 weeks ago
but the restore said it was not successful. BUT, it's funny that this seems
to have happened to us and a few others around the same time, which makes me
think tha a windows update changed something? I have always clicked on
photos, or music from within my documents with never a problem, then all of a
sudded they are shortcuts and give me the access denied message as well!
I just noticed this last Thursday, but the wife says she noticed it around 2
weeks ago (mid feb??). Not sure what would have changed these to shortcuts, i
KNOW they were not shortcuts before. I will try and restore from a futher
point back later today.
Glad I found this though, i have read about 'junction points' etc, but this
was an over night kind of thing that happened to quite a few of us.


"EHinPA" wrote:

> Finally solved it. Not sure when it 1st happened, but I did a restore and
> went back 2 weeks, the shortcut symbols are gone and I can access my folders
>
> "EHinPA" wrote:
>
> > Many of my folders are now shortcuts including "ALL USERS" " Default User"
> > etc, also now a lot of the subfolders in there (like application data,
> > favorites, etc) I am the only user and the administrator, and now it won't
> > allow me access, How can I fix this ? (and any Idea what caused this ?)

Hi, Hope You get it worked out. I only picked 2 weeks as an arbitrary number,
It was before the updates and Just after an install of software that I know
everything was good. A Shorter time period may also work if 2 weeks won't
restore.
Isn't trying to restore and having it fail a pain ? Even with XP I had all
of my restore points no good. Now I REGULARLY manually do a restore. Every
once in a while if everything is OK, I delete all my old ones and start over
(so I don't use a huge amt of disk space)
Good luck finding one that works, I know trying to "SHARE" the folders was
NO good.

"Simon1964" wrote:

> Wow, I am having the exact same problem. Been trying different things all
> weekend and now found this thread. I too tried to restore from 2 weeks ago
> but the restore said it was not successful. BUT, it's funny that this seems
> to have happened to us and a few others around the same time, which makes me
> think tha a windows update changed something? I have always clicked on
> photos, or music from within my documents with never a problem, then all of a
> sudded they are shortcuts and give me the access denied message as well!
> I just noticed this last Thursday, but the wife says she noticed it around 2
> weeks ago (mid feb??). Not sure what would have changed these to shortcuts, i
> KNOW they were not shortcuts before. I will try and restore from a futher
> point back later today.
> Glad I found this though, i have read about 'junction points' etc, but this
> was an over night kind of thing that happened to quite a few of us.
>
>
> "EHinPA" wrote:
>
> > Finally solved it. Not sure when it 1st happened, but I did a restore and
> > went back 2 weeks, the shortcut symbols are gone and I can access my folders
> >
> > "EHinPA" wrote:
> >
> > > Many of my folders are now shortcuts including "ALL USERS" " Default User"
> > > etc, also now a lot of the subfolders in there (like application data,
> > > favorites, etc) I am the only user and the administrator, and now it won't
> > > allow me access, How can I fix this ? (and any Idea what caused this ?)