About My documents folder

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When browse a folder of other machine at my LAN the folder My documents (ot
the other pc, both PC's using Windows XP) appear with other name, no My
documents, why?
 
leo3487 said:
When browse a folder of other machine at my LAN the folder My
documents (ot the other pc, both PC's using Windows XP) appear with
other name, no My documents, why?
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Probably because the computers are running XP Home. Home does not allow
the sharing of users' home directories - My Documents. However, you can
share individual folders in the My Documents directory.

Malke
 
When browse a folder of other machine at my LAN the folder My documents (ot
the other pc, both PC's using Windows XP) appear with other name, no My
documents, why?
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A Windows XP computer can have multiple users, and each one has its
own "My Documents" folder. They can't all be called "My Documents" on
the network.

You can right-click and change the share name of a folder to be "My
Documents" or whatever you want it to be, as long as no other shared
folder already has the same share name.
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