Moved My Docs gives folder correlation problem

I suspect the roots of this problem may be ancient...

I've created a new logical partition for My Docs and other data. I have
moved the My Docs folders and sub-folders to the new logical drive, so we
now read J:\My Documents\etc....

The registry correctly points to this location as specced in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310746/en-us

Let's say I'm Fred.

However - the path C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents

has a different content - stuff in both locations is familiar but at some
point in time they have diverged.

Questions:
1) How does the content of c:\Docs&Settings\User Profile\My Docs relate to
My Docs when My Docs has been moved to another location? It cannot be in
both places. Does C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents become
redundant, or so there pointer to the new location?
2) I can move the contents of C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents to
J:\My Documents\etc, but then what does C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My
Documents mean?

Just can't wrap my head around this one. Thanks, Fred.

Actually the correct microsoft article you should be reading is #310147 Not
#310746.

"Freddie Fang" wrote:

> I suspect the roots of this problem may be ancient...
>
> I've created a new logical partition for My Docs and other data. I have
> moved the My Docs folders and sub-folders to the new logical drive, so we
> now read J:\My Documents\etc....
>
> The registry correctly points to this location as specced in
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310746/en-us
>
> Let's say I'm Fred.
>
> However - the path C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents
>
> has a different content - stuff in both locations is familiar but at some
> point in time they have diverged.
>
> Questions:
> 1) How does the content of c:\Docs&Settings\User Profile\My Docs relate to
> My Docs when My Docs has been moved to another location? It cannot be in
> both places. Does C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents become
> redundant, or so there pointer to the new location?
> 2) I can move the contents of C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents to
> J:\My Documents\etc, but then what does C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My
> Documents mean?
>
> Just can't wrap my head around this one. Thanks, Fred.
>
>
>

Thanks Andrew, that looks right, but gives no insight to my problem. I
suspect that the contents of C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents
have become orphaned, and I can safely move that stuff to the new location
and delete C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents coz nothing is
pointing to it. Any conformation would be appreciated.

Thanks Fred.

"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:CA6C8CD1-8A54-4D20-AB7C-9230472BF78E@microsoft.com...
> Actually the correct microsoft article you should be reading is #310147
> Not
> #310746.
>
> "Freddie Fang" wrote:
>
>> I suspect the roots of this problem may be ancient...
>>
>> I've created a new logical partition for My Docs and other data. I have
>> moved the My Docs folders and sub-folders to the new logical drive, so we
>> now read J:\My Documents\etc....
>>
>> The registry correctly points to this location as specced in
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310746/en-us
>>
>> Let's say I'm Fred.
>>
>> However - the path C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents
>>
>> has a different content - stuff in both locations is familiar but at some
>> point in time they have diverged.
>>
>> Questions:
>> 1) How does the content of c:\Docs&Settings\User Profile\My Docs relate
>> to
>> My Docs when My Docs has been moved to another location? It cannot be in
>> both places. Does C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents become
>> redundant, or so there pointer to the new location?
>> 2) I can move the contents of C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents
>> to
>> J:\My Documents\etc, but then what does C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My
>> Documents mean?
>>
>> Just can't wrap my head around this one. Thanks, Fred.

Move any data to the new My Documents, but leave the old Folder

"Al Martino" <freddy@farnarkle.not.com> wrote in message
news:%23hwPpsEXGHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Andrew, that looks right, but gives no insight to my problem. I
> suspect that the contents of C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents
> have become orphaned, and I can safely move that stuff to the new location
> and delete C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents coz nothing is
> pointing to it. Any conformation would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks Fred.
>
> "Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:CA6C8CD1-8A54-4D20-AB7C-9230472BF78E@microsoft.com...
> > Actually the correct microsoft article you should be reading is #310147
> > Not
> > #310746.
> >
> > "Freddie Fang" wrote:
> >
> >> I suspect the roots of this problem may be ancient...
> >>
> >> I've created a new logical partition for My Docs and other data. I have
> >> moved the My Docs folders and sub-folders to the new logical drive, so
we
> >> now read J:\My Documents\etc....
> >>
> >> The registry correctly points to this location as specced in
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310746/en-us
> >>
> >> Let's say I'm Fred.
> >>
> >> However - the path C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents
> >>
> >> has a different content - stuff in both locations is familiar but at
some
> >> point in time they have diverged.
> >>
> >> Questions:
> >> 1) How does the content of c:\Docs&Settings\User Profile\My Docs relate
> >> to
> >> My Docs when My Docs has been moved to another location? It cannot be
in
> >> both places. Does C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents become
> >> redundant, or so there pointer to the new location?
> >> 2) I can move the contents of C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My
Documents
> >> to
> >> J:\My Documents\etc, but then what does C:\Documents and
Settings\Fred\My
> >> Documents mean?
> >>
> >> Just can't wrap my head around this one. Thanks, Fred.
>
>