# Windows 10 User Folder Sync
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-10-user-folder-sync/15512
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-10-user-folder-sync/15512 "2020-08-19T09:12:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mikki](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/mikki)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-10-user-folder-sync/15512/1 "2020-08-19T09:12:10Z")
Hi,
dont know when its started. But my User Folder is throwing Permission Errors in the last time. Its was not the case in the Past. These Folders dont even exist.
 
does someone have an idea what the problem is ?
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### Author:  [@imsodin](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/imsodin)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-10-user-folder-sync/15512/2 "2020-08-19T09:21:53Z")
I suspect it’s junctions, which we recently started to treat specially. Can anyone with more windowsy knowledge please confirm? @xarx @Catfriend1
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### Author:  [@tomasz86](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/tomasz86)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-10-user-folder-sync/15512/3 "2020-08-19T10:15:33Z")
> [@mikki](#):
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> These Folders dont even exist.
They do exist, but may be hidden by default, and have restricted access. If you want to keep synchronising your whole user folder, then the only solution right now is to add each of them to `.stignore`.
Or you can perhaps just leave them like that and ignore the errors 😅. The other files will still synchronise as before.
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### Author:  [@Nummer378](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/Nummer378)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-10-user-folder-sync/15512/4 "2020-08-19T10:18:07Z")
Yes those are junctions Windows creates by default, but they are flagged as system files which means they are pretty hidden to the user.
> [@v1.7.0 Attempting to open folders that do not exist](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/v1-7-0-attempting-to-open-folders-that-do-not-exist/15305/5):
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> I am experiencing the same thing since 1.7.0. I’m sharing my Windows userprofile folder, which worked fine for many months. Since 1.7.0 I’m also getting exactly 13 Permission Denied errors on folders that cannot be normally seen in the Windows Explorer. That is, unless you enable “show system files” - then you can see the folders, but accessing them is not possible. I fixed this by adding the problematic folders to the ignores. My best guess is that these are protected directory junctions/link…
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### Author:  [@mikki](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/mikki)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-10-user-folder-sync/15512/5 "2020-08-19T11:03:25Z")
> [@tomasz86](#):
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> If you want to keep synchronising your whole user folder, then the only solution right now is to add each of them to `.stignore` .
😃 my ignore file is a nightmare already.
But ok thx Guys. Looking in a future with sunshine, rainbows and syncthing that can handle windows 👍
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### Author:  [@tomasz86](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/tomasz86)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-10-user-folder-sync/15512/6 "2020-08-19T12:23:54Z")
> [@mikki](#):
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> 😃 my ignore file is a nightmare already.
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> But ok thx Guys. Looking in a future with sunshine, rainbows and syncthing that can handle windows 👍
Yeah, I personally have 1 non-functional junction and 1 non-Unicode file which are listed under the “Failed Items”, but I just ignore the errors.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-10-user-folder-sync/15512/8 "2020-09-18T15:42:17Z")
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