Where can I find the Documents and Settings folder or the folder on Vista?

I need to find a Real Player file file so I can delete it, but am unable to find the floder Documents and Settings.  I need to delete a file called treestate.dat but am unable to find... Help, please!

In Windows Vista user profiles

In Windows XP, 2000, 2003, user profiles are stored in c:\Documents and Settings. In Windows Vista, the profiles are now stored in c:\Users. You will see a folder c:\Documents and Settings in Windows Explorer in Vista, but you will also notice the shortcut icon on the folder, and you will not be able to access this folder. c:\Documents and Settings is now a junction Point. You can use the random dir command to see where c:\Documents and Settings point to or use the table below.

The following table lists the old profile path and the new path under Windows Vista.

Old path

New path

\Documents and Settings

\Users

\Documents and Settings\Default User or
%LogonServer%\NETLOGON\Default user

\USERS\DEFAULT or
%LogonServer%\NETLOGON\Default

\Documents and Settings\\My Documents

\Users\\Documents

\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\My photos

\Users\\Pictures

\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\My Music

\Users\\Music

\Documents and Settings\\Favorites

\Users\\Favorites

N/A

\Users\\Contacts

N/A

\Users\personal

N/A

\Users\\SavedGames

\Documents and Settings\Change Data

\Users\\AppData\Roaming

\Documents and Settings\Settings\Application Data

\Users\\AppData\Local

\Documents and Settings\\Start Menu

\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ start Menu

\Documents and Settings\All Users

\Users\Public

\Documents and Settings\All Users Menu

\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start menu

\Documents and Settings\All Users\Bureau

\Users\Public\Desktop

Records to take note of here are the folders in the path of all users. Many legacy applications that use outdated methods to solve the system folders, will solve the railways under C:\ProgramData when looking for common places. For example, the joint office can be resolved as C:\ProgramData\Desktop, however; This is actually a point of junction for C:\ProgramData\Users\Public\Desktop. A random entry in the C:\ProgramData folder dir reveals the following Junction Points:

Path

Points to

Data \ProgramData\Application

\ProgramData

\ProgramData\Desktop

\Users\Public\Desktop

\ProgramData\Documents

\Users\Public\Documents

\ProgramData\Favorites

\Users\Public\Favorites

Menu \ProgramData\Start

\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start menu

\ProgramData\Templates

\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

Tags: Windows

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