duplicate files in "my documents" and "user-name documents"?

[Guest]

I'm new to XP and am noticing that the 20 GB of personal files moved from my
old computer into the "My Documents" folder on the XP machine seem to be
replicated in the folder "ME's Documents".

On the XP, I am the only user (thus the administrator) and the one user name
I've designated is ME.

By placing all of my personal data and media files in the "My Documents"
folder and having them seemingly duplicated in "ME's Documents" folder, am I
now using 40 GB of space on my hard-drive and if so, where is it suggested
that a single user of an XP machine store their many personal files?
thanks~~

 

[Gordon]

I'm new to XP and am noticing that the 20 GB of personal files moved
from my old computer into the "My Documents" folder on the XP machine
seem to be replicated in the folder "ME's Documents".

On the XP, I am the only user (thus the administrator) and the one
user name I've designated is ME.

By placing all of my personal data and media files in the "My
Documents" folder and having them seemingly duplicated in "ME's
Documents" folder, am I now using 40 GB of space on my hard-drive

No, one folder is a view of the other.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm new to XP and am noticing that the 20 GB of personal files
moved from my old computer into the "My Documents" folder on the XP
machine seem to be replicated in the folder "ME's Documents".

On the XP, I am the only user (thus the administrator) and the one
user name I've designated is ME.

By placing all of my personal data and media files in the "My
Documents" folder and having them seemingly duplicated in "ME's
Documents" folder, am I now using 40 GB of space on my hard-drive
and if so, where is it suggested that a single user of an XP
machine store their many personal files? thanks~~

Look here (Start button, Run, Type this in, press OK):

%HOMEPATH%\My Documents

That *is* your files. If you can find them anywhere else on local hard
drive other than here - then you have duplicates.
Know that that folder is shown on your desktop as "My Documents" and may be
shown in Windows Explorer or My Computer as "Name's Documents" if logged in
as another user.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I'm new to XP and am noticing that the 20 GB of personal files moved
from my old computer into the "My Documents" folder on the XP machine
seem to be replicated in the folder "ME's Documents".

On the XP, I am the only user (thus the administrator) and the one
user name I've designated is ME.

By placing all of my personal data and media files in the "My
Documents" folder and having them seemingly duplicated in "ME's
Documents" folder, am I now using 40 GB of space on my hard-drive and
if so, where is it suggested that a single user of an XP machine
store their many personal files? thanks~~

No, the files aren't duplicated. There's really only a single folder with
your files in it. The other is just a poinnter to it.

 

[Stan Brown]

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:39:28 -0800 from mse

I'm new to XP and am noticing that the 20 GB of personal files moved from my
old computer into the "My Documents" folder on the XP machine seem to be
replicated in the folder "ME's Documents".

It's not two folders, it's two views of the same folder.

You can test this easily. Right-click in one of them and create a new
text document. You'll see when you check the other one that the same
document has been created there.

 

[Guest]

thank you to everyone for your explanations, info and assurances.