Windows 10: C:\Documents and Settings path under Windows 10 machine.

Discus and support C:\Documents and Settings path under Windows 10 machine. in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hello,I have a Windows 10 laptop. And my laptop is having "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data". Actually Microsoft claims they have... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Nayana_86, Sep 13, 2021.

  1. NAYANA_86
    Nayana_86 Win User

    C:\Documents and Settings path under Windows 10 machine.


    Hello,I have a Windows 10 laptop. And my laptop is having "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data". Actually Microsoft claims they have stopped "C:\Documents and Settings" path. But in my machine, all the software, particularly National instrument is are getting installed in this path. And there is one more observation, the documents and settings path is interlinked with path "C:\Program Data\National Instruments". Because National instrument NI software have duplicate copies in both path. And also, if I rename a any subfolder under "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicat

    :)
     
    Nayana_86, Sep 13, 2021
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  2. TAN DJ
    Tan DJ Win User

    Windows XP - "My Computer" not displaying "My Documents" folder

    No policies are active

    In "My Computer", with "Arange Icons by Type", and "Show in Groups" selected, "My Documents" does not show up in the "Files stored on this computer" section for any user. For a limited acount, only "Shared Documents" appears, but for an administrative user, there is one Icon for each user's Documents directory. It may be that when I was using my account as an administrative user, I never noticed it because I was able to select the appropriate user's directory.

    "My Documents" does appear in the "Other Places" Section for all users.

    (Hmmmm.... I just noticed that if I go "Up" from "My Computer" I can see "My Documents" in the Desktop view. Maybe that is the one I have been expecting to see?)

    Admin user environment:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>set
    ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
    APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\Blackburn Admin\Application Data
    CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
    CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
    COMPUTERNAME=JTBLACKBURN
    ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
    FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
    HOMEDRIVE=C:
    HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Blackburn Admin
    LOGONSERVER=\\JTBLACKBURN
    NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
    OS=Windows_NT
    Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\AT
    I Technologies\ATI.ACE\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
    PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
    PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
    PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel
    PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
    PROCESSOR_REVISION=0207
    ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
    PROMPT=$P$G
    QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
    SESSIONNAME=Console
    SystemDrive=C:
    SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
    TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\BLACKB~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
    TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\BLACKB~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
    tvdumpflags=8
    USERDOMAIN=JTBLACKBURN
    USERNAME=Blackburn Admin
    USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Blackburn Admin
    windir=C:\WINDOWS

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>

    Limited User Environment:

    C:\Documents and Settings\John and Tracy>set
    ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
    APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\John and Tracy\Application Data
    CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
    CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
    COMPUTERNAME=JTBLACKBURN
    ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
    DBCONFIG=C:\Adabas\sql
    DBROOT=C:\Adabas
    DBWORK=C:\Adabas\sql
    FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
    HOMEDRIVE=C:
    HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\John and Tracy
    LOGONSERVER=\\JTBLACKBURN
    NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
    OS=Windows_NT
    Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\AT
    I Technologies\ATI.ACE\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Adabas\bin;C:\Ad
    abas\pgm;C:\Program Files\NTP\bin
    PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
    PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
    PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel
    PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
    PROCESSOR_REVISION=0207
    ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
    PROMPT=$P$G
    QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
    SESSIONNAME=Console
    SystemDrive=C:
    SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
    TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\JOHNAN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
    TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\JOHNAN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
    tvdumpflags=8
    USERDOMAIN=JTBLACKBURN
    USERNAME=John and Tracy
    USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\John and Tracy
    windir=C:\WINDOWS

    C:\Documents and Settings\John and Tracy>

    The registry paths are all fine. I think it's probably me expecting too much from Microsoft.
     
    Tan DJ, Sep 13, 2021
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  3. EXPERTNOVICE
    ExpertNovice Win User
    documents and settings in windows 10?

    Since

    • "C:\Documents and Settings" folder no longer exists on Windows 10
    • Windows 10 has an inaccessible shortcut named "C:\Documents and Settings folder" which returns "Access Denied"

    If we can find a way, can we delete the now defunct "C:\Documents and Settings" folders/shortcut?
     
    ExpertNovice, Sep 13, 2021
    #3
  4. KEITH A. MILLER
    Keith A. Miller Win User

    C:\Documents and Settings path under Windows 10 machine.

    Documents and settings folder in Windows 10 is not present in C:/ drive

    To hopefully clarify the previous response. The 'C:\Users' folder is the equivalent of C:\Documents and Settings on older systems.

    Hidden away in the file system are junction points for backwards compatibility. At a Command Prompt, typing 'dir /al /s will reveal them. 'Documents and Settings' is one of these, which is why you were told it already exists.

    What this means is that assuming your old username was 'Bob' & the path to your user folder was 'C:\Documetns and Settings\Bob' then as long as your new user account is named Bob, even though your Windows 10 path is 'C:\Users\Bob', a program looking for
    'C:\Documents and Settings\Bob' will be accessing the same files or folders.

    Keith
     
    Keith A. Miller, Sep 13, 2021
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