Cannot access Windows partition after bootup LM17.2

[iceblitzed]

Hello, I can boot up into LM 17.2 all fine and dandy but when I open the "file manager" I have placed several shortcuts to folders on my Windows partition. They have an "X mark" sign across them. I believe this is because my windows partition doesn't mount on startup so I added mount /media/myusername in the /etc/rc.local file. Things don't work.

[I2k4]

You don't mention which Windows. IF you're running Windows 8.x - 10 be aware that the default "shutdown" is not a full shutdown but a sort of hibernation for fast booting, that keeps engaging the hard drive - dual booting after this false Windows shutdown causes a failure to mount the drive in Linux by simply clicking it in the file manager. (This is not a problem in Windows 7 or earlier versions, which really do shut down.) If you need to fully shutdown Windows to address the hard drive from Mint's file manager, you can create a true shutdown icon like this:

http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=faq-Windows-8&faq=24

Apart from this, it's not usually necessary to do anything fancy to read the Windows partition - simply double clicking it in the file manager mounts it.