Extra, now Missing "My Documents" Folder

[Bingojubes]

was trying out my new Microsoft ARC mouse when i was in the process of moving
stuff to/from the My Documents folder. i guess the first problem occurred
when the mouse decided to copy the My Document directory (and everything in
it) and place it in itself as another 20GB directory after accidentally
dragging it into the folder!

now here's what happened...

1. i had 2 copies of the My Documents folder - the one recognized/linked to
the Start menu, and my accidental copy, which is now inside the OS-recognized
one.

2. i restarted after uninstalling some games, cause their saved games were
no longer linked to the right folder path now, upon restart, it ended up
making yet ANOTHER My Documents folder. now i had 3 to deal with...it went
ahead and created a fresh one for me to use...how nice

3. I tried to delete the first copy i made (the accidental one), and it
looked like it worked fine, so i did a restart again to make sure it wasnt
gonna come back.

4. upon this restart, all 3 My Documents folders were gone, with the start
menu link and the link icon in my "Links" folder are no longer working.

i dont have any restore points except the one it just made, which obviously
wont help me at all. i havent tried using the disk, cause the repair options
only do the startup or use the restore points. also, because it cannot
currently find the folder in question, i have to force shut down, for the
shutdown process takes alot longer now.

 

[Bingojubes]

i have made a temporary folder, but the start menu shortcut still won't let
me alter its properties to link to my new "temporary" folder.

right now looking for info on recovery and possible shortcut editing to one
that can't seem to be reset or tweaked.

 

[Steve Thompson]

i have made a temporary folder, but the start menu shortcut still won't let
me alter its properties to link to my new "temporary" folder.

right now looking for info on recovery and possible shortcut editing to
one
that can't seem to be reset or tweaked.

Try CCleaner. That _might_ do the trick. Itan be found here:
http://www.ccleaner.com/


HTH,

Steve

 

[Richie Hardwick]

Try CCleaner. That _might_ do the trick. Itan be found here:
http://www.ccleaner.com/


HTH,

Steve

Just what do you think CCleaner will do to take care of the mess the
OP has made?

Richie Hardwick

 

[Steve Thompson]

Just what do you think CCleaner will do to take care of the mess the
OP has made?

Richie Hardwick

Richie,

I didn't say it would definitely fix the problem I said it _might_ fix the
problem. IF the OP has a registry problem, CCleaner would almost clean any
unwanted entries. That, of course, is assuming that the problem might be in
his registry. It's purely a guess but why not try anyway? After all CCleaner
is free.

Steve

 

[Richie Hardwick]

Richie,

I didn't say it would definitely fix the problem I said it _might_ fix the
problem. IF the OP has a registry problem, CCleaner would almost clean any
unwanted entries. That, of course, is assuming that the problem might be in
his registry. It's purely a guess but why not try anyway? After all CCleaner
is free.

I've got an experiment for you:

Run CCleaner's "registry cleaner" function and see how many items it
gives you to remove. Leave them be and don't remove.

Then download the baddest registry cleaner you can find, and run IT.
See how many entries you get.

CCleaner doesn't do scat in "cleaning". It merely finds very safe
stuff and very little of that.

Bottom line: I don't know what will help the OP's problem (other than
taking the mouse and keyboard away) but I do know CCleaner won't help
a bit.

Richie Hardwick

 

[Bingojubes]

i actually use CCleaner myself. i like that program very much! so far the
Documents folder i have made is working fine, and vista hasnt created any
extras lately, so far okay on a basic fix.

i am wondering how games are going to treat my "currently new" folder, like
EA games, cause most of their save game files go in there. do you think it
will just happily put them files in there?