How do I delete "moved" files?

[Guest]

I am running Vista Home Prem and recently purchased a Seagate FreeaAgent Go
drive to use as some extra storage. For some reason I could not (after hours
of help with the Seagate help desk) get My Documents folder to sync. The
folders were there but none of them contained any files.

I moved the My Documents folder directly onto my "C" drive. I cut and
pasted the folder then renamed it. For some reason everytime I do search for
my files that were located in the My Documents folder they come up in both
the new location "C" drive and in the C\Users\Anthony\Documents\...

I try to delete the returned search results that show the files in My
Documents but an error comes up and says that the files have been moved. I
have tried repasting them then deleting them, but it does not work.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Anthony.

There is a "My Documents" folder in WinXP, but not in Vista. There IS a
"Documents" folder, probably several of them. Look in the Users folder and
in the multiple subfolders for "All Users", "Default", etc., and one you may
have named "Anthony" or some other name of your choice. Each of these
subfolders should have a "Documents" folder. The folder name "My Documents"
remains in Vista only as a "Junction" pointing to the new
C:\Users\<userid>\Documents folders.

I'm surprised (and disappointed) that the Seagate help desk was not aware of
this changed structure in Vista.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Guest]

Thanks RC,

But I am sorry, I made a mistake in what I said, thanks for catching that
for me.

I had my files saved in the "Documents" folder under my profile. Once I
moved them to the newly created FreeAgent Sync folder that I created directly
on my C drive I still search results saying that the documents that I moved
are still in the "Documents" folder. I try to click on them and it says that
they have been moved and that I need to create them, that or that they can't
be deleted.

I feel the same as you do about Seagate, they were nice, but I need the
stuff to work first. I can't sync any files that are in the
C:\Users\Anthony\Documents folder. Not sure what else to do. i have tried
defraging the drive, everything that I can but the search results keep
returning results that are not there.

Thanks for anything else you could add.

Anthony

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Anthony.

We're getting a bit out of my territory here. I never "sync" anything
except for Synchronize All here in OE/WM/WLM. ;^}

But it sounds like your complaint may be more about Vista's Search than
about Sync-ing anything. Several users have complained that Search still
shows hits that have already been deleted. Dave Wood [MSFT] and others have
pointed out that Vista's Indexing Service works only in the background so
that we can continue with our other activities in the foreground without too
much slowdown or interruption. The trade-off for this is that the Index
will not always be up to the minute, especially after a large "Move"
session. It might take a few days for the Indexing Service, working only in
the background, to include the new locations and remove the old ones. In
the meantime, it will "find" them in both places.

You can either be patient while the Indexing Service catches up with what
you've done, or you can force it to Rebuild your Index now - which might tie
up your computer for a while. Go to Control Panel | Indexing Options |
Advanced to see your choices.

If I've misunderstood your problem, please post back and someone more
familiar with Sync should be able to help you.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)