Windows 10: Cannot modify anything in users/username/documents as administrator

Discus and support Cannot modify anything in users/username/documents as administrator in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hello all, The problem i have is that games that are saving in the documents folder cannot create any files and therefore crash most of the times. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Alex Serafeim, Dec 19, 2020.

  1. ALEX SERAFEIM
    Alex Serafeim Win User

    Cannot modify anything in users/username/documents as administrator


    Hello all,


    The problem i have is that games that are saving in the documents folder cannot create any files and therefore crash most of the times.

    I tried running as administrator but no luck, which seemed strange. And then i decided to have a look and i realised that i cannot do anything in the documents folder.


    For example if i try to create a word file, it will ask for administrator access and upon confirming another window will pop up: 'You need premission to perform this action'.


    This happens with everything from saving files to deleting them. I checked and my account is crearly the administrator.


    Does anyone have any idea what to do to fix this problem?


    Thank you in advance

    Alex

    :)
     
    Alex Serafeim, Dec 19, 2020
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  2. KREIJ
    Kreij Win User

    Current active users that are friends

    The other reason I suggested this is that users can add characters to their username that are not alphanumeric (e.g. user*). This confuses things somewhat when looking at the list.
     
    Kreij, Dec 19, 2020
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  3. J. N RAúL
    J. N Raúl Win User
    This PC\Documents does not equal users\username\Documents

    Since you are logged in with Hotmail account there is a possibility onedrive is running and backing up your files.

    Location for onedrive is usually c:/user/username/onedrive/documents

    Location for normal document without onedrive:

    c:/user/username/documents
     
    J. N Raúl, Dec 19, 2020
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  4. KEN MARICLE
    ken maricle Win User

    Cannot modify anything in users/username/documents as administrator

    Move Documents off of c:\users\username onto f:\user\username

    I want all of the files in c:\users\username moved to f:\users\username but make them referenced by the Microsoft "aliases". So for instance, the Microsoft alias "Documents" would actually exist in f:\users\username instead of c:\users\username documents,
    etc. I can easily do this in linux, but cannot seem to make it work in Windows. Also, for some reason, in Windows Explorer sometimes the alias is shown as "This PC > Documents". I would also like that alias to point to f:\users\username\documents. I would
    like this pattern to be consistent across all of the directories (folders) within c:\user\username.

    How can I make this happen. What are the downsides of doing this (if it is even possible)?

    Thanks,

    Ken
     
    ken maricle, Dec 19, 2020
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