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if you are indeed a local computer administrator, right click that folder, goto security, advanced, ownership, edit ownership, and change ownership to Local Administrators
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if you are indeed a local computer administrator, right click that folder, goto security, advanced, ownership, edit ownership, and change ownership to Local Administrators

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If you don't mind me asking, why do you need to access folders within the &quot;C:\ProgramData\Applicatio<wbr />n Data&quot; hierarchy? &nbsp;It's exceedingly rare when even an IT professional would need to delve into that hidden system folder.
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If you don't mind me asking, why do you need to access folders within the "C:\ProgramData\Application Data" hierarchy?  It's exceedingly rare when even an IT professional would need to delve into that hidden system folder.

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C:\ProgramData does not have an appdata folder (this is the all users folder)<br />
C:Users\username\AppData\R<wbr />oaming &nbsp;(this is the per user folder)<br />
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as shown in<a href="http://screencast.com/t/6rFLvFHhr" rel="ugc"> <u>this video</u></a>
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C:\ProgramData does not have an appdata folder (this is the all users folder)
C:Users\username\AppData\Roaming  (this is the per user folder)

as shown in this video [http://screencast.com/t/6rFLvFHhr]

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hi experts,<br />
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&nbsp;i'm trying to access some folders under c:\programdata\application<wbr /> data and I'm getting an error that it is not accessible?? i'm logged on with a userid that has adminitrator's rights and I even logon as an adminsitrator and same results????
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hi experts,

 i'm trying to access some folders under c:\programdata\application data and I'm getting an error that it is not accessible?? i'm logged on with a userid that has adminitrator's rights and I even logon as an adminsitrator and same results????

access is denied on Application Data folder?

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