Changed Location of Documents, Now Won't Work

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I right clicked on documents in the start menu, and I went to the location
tab, and changed it to an external harddrive. Now, when I hit it, nothing
happens, and it has disappeared from my User Folder. And When I right click
on it in the start menu again and hit properties, then it just has a general
tab thats like blank with no data...
 
Is the external hard drive connected (and accesible)? This problem happens if:

1. The external drive is not accessible
or
2. Windows has changed the drive-letter assignment for the external hard drive recently.

To fix the problem, you need to alter the shell folder value for "Personal" in this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

See also:

Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/180/1/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I right clicked on documents in the start menu, and I went to the location
tab, and changed it to an external harddrive. Now, when I hit it, nothing
happens, and it has disappeared from my User Folder. And When I right click
on it in the start menu again and hit properties, then it just has a general
tab thats like blank with no data...
 
Okay, I just did that, and now it still wont work, I tried changing it to its
default one as it said on that website, and changing it to the one I want. It
still doesnt work. Also, it may be helpful to note that the documents icon in
my user folder isnt there either...nor has it been since I tried to change
it...I dont know how to get it back...
 
Did you reboot after making those changes?

Type "shell:Personal" in Start, search box. Does the Documents folder open?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Okay, I just did that, and now it still wont work, I tried changing it to its
default one as it said on that website, and changing it to the one I want. It
still doesnt work. Also, it may be helpful to note that the documents icon in
my user folder isnt there either...nor has it been since I tried to change
it...I dont know how to get it back...
 
hehehehe, so I tried to do that, but compy froze, then i used the button to
shut it down and turned it back on, and it didnt work...then i properly
restarted and now it works...hehehe, thank you for your assistance Solved

Ramesh said:
Did you reboot after making those changes?

Type "shell:Personal" in Start, search box. Does the Documents folder open?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Okay, I just did that, and now it still wont work, I tried changing it to its
default one as it said on that website, and changing it to the one I want. It
still doesnt work. Also, it may be helpful to note that the documents icon in
my user folder isnt there either...nor has it been since I tried to change
it...I dont know how to get it back...

Ramesh said:
Is the external hard drive connected (and accesible)? This problem happens if:

1. The external drive is not accessible
or
2. Windows has changed the drive-letter assignment for the external hard drive recently.

To fix the problem, you need to alter the shell folder value for "Personal" in this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

See also:

Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/180/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I right clicked on documents in the start menu, and I went to the location
tab, and changed it to an external harddrive. Now, when I hit it, nothing
happens, and it has disappeared from my User Folder. And When I right click
on it in the start menu again and hit properties, then it just has a general
tab thats like blank with no data...
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