strange folders under users folders...

i found these strange folders under the users folders
and other places... dozens of them...
ones like Send To, Start Menu, Templates, etc

they have shortcut arrows but they are not...
they are file folders and they have no size
and the date is when i installed windows...

if you try to open them access is denied...
but if you delete them they have a size
what are they? why are they there?

they're not the real ones...

Do you mean these?

Code:

D:\Users\Nori>dir /a:l
 Volume in drive D is Data
 Volume Serial Number is 0EE7-5AB6

 Directory of D:\Users\Nori

12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     Application Data [D:\Users\Nori\AppData\Roaming]
12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     Cookies [D:\Users\Nori\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies]
12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     Local Settings [D:\Users\Nori\AppData\Local]
12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     My Documents [D:\Users\Nori\Documents]
12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     NetHood [D:\Users\Nori\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts]
12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     PrintHood [D:\Users\Nori\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts]
12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     Recent [D:\Users\Nori\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent]
12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     SendTo [D:\Users\Nori\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo]
12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     Start Menu [D:\Users\Nori\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu]
12/11/15  20:02    <JUNCTION>     Templates [D:\Users\Nori\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates]
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
              10 Dir(s)  21,224,017,920 bytes free

They are junctions (an alternate route to a directory if you like) Junction Points (Windows)

Don't try to delete them.

i tried to read that...

that looks like them...

i just found if i take ownership over them
then i can open them...

guess it makes it easy...

If you take ownership of them your backups might grow to infinite size due to circular references...

They are supposed to deny read access to everyone.

i see the administrator is allowed access
and so is my user account
but it's denied for everyone....

it would be nice to be able to use them...
can i just allow access to everyone?