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I find that there are directories that I am not allowed to access even though I do have Administrator authority. These include the Documents and Stings, Application Data, Cookies, Local Settings, My Documents, NetHood, Recent, Sent To, Start Menu, and Templates. What's the common denominator and how do I change it?

I have folders from ages ago that I can no longer control because they have slipped into some netherworld requiring Administrator Privileges or some such thing. I delete them, I stomp them, I shred them while logged on with my dual-boot XP system. They come back like the living dead.

I have only one user account -- me -- with full administrator privileges. How

Ritergal, on 07 May 2012 - 09:50 AM, said:

Start Explorer with the "Run As Administrator" option.

With certain things, you aren't the Administrator even when you are the Administrator. Mr. Spector doesn't follow the suggestion to have an Admin and a User account... most people don't. So Microsoft does it for you.

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