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6/3/2014 10:34:21 AM EDT
A game application is screwed up and the fix is to delete a user preference file contained in one of the sub-folders of the "Documents & Settings" folder on the C: drive.  

The OS software* will not allow me to have access and is telling me "Access is denied", even when I log on as the administrator (as opposed to logging on as a user).  

I have tried to change the Folder's security settings to allow the Admin to have "Full Control" but it will not allow me to change the setting.  

It's my damned computer ! ! !, how do I access this folder???



*  All my computers are running legitimate copies of Windows 7.
6/3/2014 12:11:26 PM EDT
[#1]
Try booting in safe mode and logging in as administrator
6/5/2014 7:58:27 PM EDT
[#2]
the system owns documents and settings  show your hidden folders and look under users folder, app data . you could take ownership but you're probably digging a hole.
6/6/2014 6:58:48 AM EDT
[#3]
I don't know if this matters but I've never seen a Win 7 system that uses the "Documents and Settings" folder.  That went away with XP and 7 and up just uses a "Users" folder.
6/10/2014 9:38:13 PM EDT
[#4]
I wouldn't change ownership of Documents and Settings on a Win7 box.  You're literally just going to break it.  Nuke and pave and be done.