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Accessing "My Pictures" etc folders from different Windows

  • 01-05-2008 10:48pm
    #1
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭


    I was running Vista, but I got a new harddrive and installed XP on it.

    The Vista drive is now Drive F, but I can't access my F:\Users\John\Documents\My Pictures folder from Windows XP. It appears hidden, and it says "access is denied"

    Is there anyway I can open this from my XP install?


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  • #2
    Lazarus2.0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    How to take ownership of a folder ... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421


  • #3
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭radiospan


    Thanks, I've done that, but the one folder that I want to open is the one folder that doesn't have a Security tab when I go to properties.

    I've disabled "Use simple file sharing", but there's still no Security tab on that folder.

    Maybe something to do with it being a Vista folder? Lots of the guides I've found online seem to be written before Vista came out.


  • #4
    astrofool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,166 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    Your pictures should be in F:\Users\John\Pictures

    That my pictures is just a shortcut to the above folder for programs that would have the my pictures link from within documents hard coded.


  • #5
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭radiospan


    Ah! Good spot! Thanks, I'll try that when I go home.


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