Wednesday, October 19, 2011

cant get into “My Documents and Settings" - Windows 7

Microsoft says:

the “My Documents and Settings“, has been replaced by "Users".  Each user account will then have Documents, Pictures, videos etc.  Note the "My" designation is no longer used.  These junction points exist to provide backwards compatibility for older programs that are unaware of the new folder structure.  A program that is hardcoded to install files in the old Documents and Settings will be silently redirected to the new location.

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..\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\ is redirected to
..\Users\<username>\AppData\Local as per Application Compatibility: Junction Points and Backup Applications

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