Windows 7 Documents and Settings is not accessible Access denied

When you navigate to your Documents and Settings folder in Windows 7 and try to inspect its contents, you are likely to encounter the following message:
C:\Documents and Settings is not accessible Access denied

Why is this happening? Well, just like with Vista, this folder is simply a “virtual link” (or a symlink) and not a real folder. In Windows 7, you are most likely to find what you are looking for under the “Users” folder.