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August 5, 2009 at 07:37 PM
shadowslash

Documents and Settings in Windows XP

by shadowslash . Updated 16 years, 11 months ago

My younger brother did something to my Windows XP computer but unfortunately, he can’t remember how to undo it nor do I still have a copy of the Windows XP CD. So here’s the problem, the Documents and Settings folder in my drive C is missing but when I try to create a new folder and rename it to Documents and Settings, it says that the access is denied. I tried using the “cd” command in cmd to navigate to the folder and it also says “Access Denied”. The only way I can access the inside of the folder is when I type DOCUME~1 which is the shortcut name for that folder. Is there any way to allow access to my Documents and Settings folder again without having to use the cmd prompt everytime? Because this also limits my other programs from installing or accessing saved information. It says that the installer can’t access C:\Documents and Settings\. If you’re gonna tell me to boot to safe mode then I got another problem with that, my younger brother also somehow managed to mess up the Safe Boot options and my PC only hangs up when I try to boot it to safe mode.

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