Default duplication of My Documents and My Pictures in Music Folde

[Guest]

Files and folders saved in "My Docments" or "My Pictures" are duplicated in 2
other locations; Pauls Docs & Doc & Settings\Paul\My Documents. Furthermore
all default folders have music tasks related options in the left hand viewing
pane and the music note watermark in bottom R corner, be it written docs, or
pictures. The problem baffles me a fraction further as the remote keyboard
hot keys take me to these defaults and defy attempts to change.
Where should I be reading up to get a grasp on managing my folders?
How can I stop the duplication of My Documents and My Picture folders?
Any action taken in one manifests in the others-including deletion.
Thanks and regards.
Our thoughts are with you at ground zero this weekend.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

They are mirrors, not duplicates. This is part of the design. What you do in
the real folder (the one under doc & settings) will be reflected under the
mirrored ones.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Pepe]

Another Newbie question:

So can I delete all the mirror paths or links and start or build a new
mirror list?

TIA

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

No, not really, they are built into the system.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Pepe]

OH! Well, I misstated the question. Can I delete just the files so that the
system will recreate the mirror links on the new files?

TIA again

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Pepe,

You still miss the point. The files / folders reside in a single area, only
the pointers to the files are in two or more areas. So there is no need to
recreate the mirror links.

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


OH! Well, I misstated the question. Can I delete just the files so that the
system will recreate the mirror links on the new files?

TIA again

 

[Pepe]

Thanks again for your patience, but, I would like to clean up the list
of paths (links) that are in the My Network Places folder. I have
reorganized
my laptop, external hard drive and a network pc. I want to delete all of the
list
and as I used the new paths and file locations I wonder or hope that the
list
will be recreated. Is this true and is it OK? Again thanks

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Pepe,

Where do the links point to? Right-click Delete, or type Nethood in Start,
Run and you can delete the entries from that folder.

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Thanks again for your patience, but, I would like to clean up the list
of paths (links) that are in the My Network Places folder. I have
reorganized
my laptop, external hard drive and a network pc. I want to delete all of the
list
and as I used the new paths and file locations I wonder or hope that the
list
will be recreated. Is this true and is it OK? Again thanks

 

[Pepe]

Hi Ramesh, the links point to different drives and files on my home network
that
I share with two desk tops, a laptop and an external HD. A few of them do
not work
because I moved folders to other HDs.

If I delete as you say will the system recreate new links during the normal
use in the My Network Places?

Thanks

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

No. The link for dead shares should not be recreated.

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Hi Ramesh, the links point to different drives and files on my home network
that
I share with two desk tops, a laptop and an external HD. A few of them do
not work
because I moved folders to other HDs.

If I delete as you say will the system recreate new links during the normal
use in the My Network Places?

Thanks

 

[Pepe]

Thanks for all your help

No. The link for dead shares should not be recreated.

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Hi Ramesh, the links point to different drives and files on my home network
that
I share with two desk tops, a laptop and an external HD. A few of them do
not work
because I moved folders to other HDs.

If I delete as you say will the system recreate new links during the normal
use in the My Network Places?

Thanks