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but then why show me something I can't open?
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It has something to do with junction points and backward compatibility for programs that are unaware of the new folder structure in Windows Vista and 7. Programs trying to use those old folders will be silently redirected to the new location. There are many more places Windows will show you that you may not have permission to open. One more is nothing new. You could always configure Explorer to not show protected OS files.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
Then in the right-hand window click on one of the "My ..." shortcuts and you will see what Christian is talking about.
But why is he trying to open something with a padlock on it? I would not expect it to open either. Each of those locked folders has an "unlocked" counterpart that works just fine.
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"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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DavidCrow wrote:
ut why is he trying to open something with a padlock on it?
Well I don't know what Christian's window looks like, but there are no padlocks on mine; yet when I click on them I get a dialog box telling me I don't currently have permission to access them. So why are they named "My ...", rather than "Somebody's ... but you may get access to it if you do a double back somersault while singing the Microsoft Corporate Song in a squeaky voice"? ;P
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Be sure to get 64-bit pc. Of course, most pc sold now are 64-bit capable. There's nothing like running two Visual Studios, VMWare, Firefox, and Pandora on a 12GB pc with dual quad-core cpus and W7x64 (less than 50% memory). :)
Best wishes, Hans
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When I do that it takes me to the appropriate directory. I set up a lot of windows 7 machines and none of them has exhibited the behavior you describe. (At least in the Libraries->Documents folder).
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Right, I suspect I may have set my systems up incorrectly. Thanks for the tip.
I must get a clever new signature for 2011.
I will agree that the other issues are very annoying. For instance, I have 3 My Documents. One that is the unobtainable link, one that goes to my 'Documents' and one that has nothing in it.
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The one thing I hate is that I have one login on this machine, but the file system still shows 'my pictures', 'my downloads', etc under my documents ( twice, one folder and one shortcut ) and tells me I have no permission to open them when I try. Again, there is one login on this machine, I am the admin, the sole user, etc. Why show me stuff that I can't look at, but let me see it if I navigate to it slightly differently ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
That's what you get for turning on show hidden/OS files. To allow badly written legacy apps (ie those that don't use win32 apis to get the folder locations) to keep working there're a whole mess of hidden shortcuts in the user folders. MS could've added yet another Really Really Really hidden files level; but 99% of us geeks who have show hidden files checked would just check Show Really Really Really hidden files as well so there'd not really be any point to it.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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It has something to do with junction points and backward compatibility for programs that are unaware of the new folder structure in Windows Vista and 7. Programs trying to use those old folders will be silently redirected to the new location. There are many more places Windows will show you that you may not have permission to open. One more is nothing new. You could always configure Explorer to not show protected OS files.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
DavidCrow wrote:
configure Explorer
ah, true, but I want to see those. need a different setting then.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
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Right, I suspect I may have set my systems up incorrectly. Thanks for the tip.
I must get a clever new signature for 2011.
ok, I just remembered why I have 3 my documents. one is for backward compatibility. The second was my original 'my documents' which is now empty. The third is my relocated 'my documents'. I right clicked on the original my documents and set the location to a partition that I put all of my important files on and that gets backed up regularly.
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There is no reason I can see, it's a sign they still have not fixed the new security code to work properly
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
The same here. No probs for me. The gods must really like you. :rolleyes: Or are you on MS blacklist? ;P The one thing I hate is the restriction to root(C:\) even when I run as admin(always) it still pops up the annoying stuff. Ultimate 64 here.
All the best, Dan
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When I do that it takes me to the appropriate directory. I set up a lot of windows 7 machines and none of them has exhibited the behavior you describe. (At least in the Libraries->Documents folder).
-Sean ---- Fire Nuts
In the folder, or in the treeview in the sidebar? If you have show hidden files on, you'll see both the working and non-working links in the folder. In the tree the non-working shortcuts still appear under Libraries->Documents->My Documents. I never noticed this until Richard MacCutchan pointed it out upthread, because the proper links work. The tree and folder view are inconsistent about what combination of Show hidden files (radio button) and hide protected OS files (checkbox) make them visible. Show hidden files (unselected), hide protected files (unchecked) will hide them in the folder, but not the tree. To clear them from the tree you need hide protected files checked. I haven't tested all combinations, but by default have everything shown and just deal with seeing stuff I'm not supposed to. :rolleyes:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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Right, I suspect I may have set my systems up incorrectly. Thanks for the tip.
I must get a clever new signature for 2011.
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Be sure to get 64-bit pc. Of course, most pc sold now are 64-bit capable. There's nothing like running two Visual Studios, VMWare, Firefox, and Pandora on a 12GB pc with dual quad-core cpus and W7x64 (less than 50% memory). :)
Best wishes, Hans
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In Windows Explorer try going to Libraries -> Documents in the left-hand window. Then in the right-hand window click on one of the "My ..." shortcuts and you will see what Christian is talking about.
I must get a clever new signature for 2011.
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In the folder, or in the treeview in the sidebar? If you have show hidden files on, you'll see both the working and non-working links in the folder. In the tree the non-working shortcuts still appear under Libraries->Documents->My Documents. I never noticed this until Richard MacCutchan pointed it out upthread, because the proper links work. The tree and folder view are inconsistent about what combination of Show hidden files (radio button) and hide protected OS files (checkbox) make them visible. Show hidden files (unselected), hide protected files (unchecked) will hide them in the folder, but not the tree. To clear them from the tree you need hide protected files checked. I haven't tested all combinations, but by default have everything shown and just deal with seeing stuff I'm not supposed to. :rolleyes:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Tree view - yes, I have the can't clickies. In the folder it depends on what I'm looking at. I still have the can't clickies, but in the Library->Documents view I can click through. I always display system files, hidden folders/files and file extensions. I also set my Java/Flash/Browser caches to 8 MB, and set my browsers to clear everything on closing. Things just work better that way.
-Sean ---- Fire Nuts
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Be sure to get 64-bit pc. Of course, most pc sold now are 64-bit capable. There's nothing like running two Visual Studios, VMWare, Firefox, and Pandora on a 12GB pc with dual quad-core cpus and W7x64 (less than 50% memory). :)
Best wishes, Hans
All Microsoft Server OS's from 2008 R2 on are 64-bit only. I suspect Windows 7 might be their last desktop OS that gives you the 32-bit choice. The latest sales figures I've seen show a really high percentage of 64-bit sales vs 32-bit sales. You'd be crazy not to get a 64-bit OS these days. Just my opinion. Just don't get XP 64-bit because that version bites ЧЛЕН. :laugh:
-Sean ---- Fire Nuts
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How very odd and Microsoft-like.
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The one thing I hate is that I have one login on this machine, but the file system still shows 'my pictures', 'my downloads', etc under my documents ( twice, one folder and one shortcut ) and tells me I have no permission to open them when I try. Again, there is one login on this machine, I am the admin, the sole user, etc. Why show me stuff that I can't look at, but let me see it if I navigate to it slightly differently ?
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It only does that if you have elected to show hidden system files.
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All Microsoft Server OS's from 2008 R2 on are 64-bit only. I suspect Windows 7 might be their last desktop OS that gives you the 32-bit choice. The latest sales figures I've seen show a really high percentage of 64-bit sales vs 32-bit sales. You'd be crazy not to get a 64-bit OS these days. Just my opinion. Just don't get XP 64-bit because that version bites ЧЛЕН. :laugh:
-Sean ---- Fire Nuts
Sean Cundiff wrote:
bites ЧЛЕН.
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