Document access

[Guest]

In order for me to access my documents in my "C" drive, I need to find it in my sub-directory: Cocuments and Settings/Owner/MyDocuments. I think it may have something to do with the user accounts.

Having many layers of subdirectories is annoying. It used to be simple in Windows98 (or maybe it was Windows2000) where all my files were located just in the root directory of C.

PLEASE, someone help me in getting rid of the unnecessary sub-directories.

Regards,

Jun

 

[Jose Francisco]

Greetings Jun,

This is how the system works under Microsoft Windows XP. Each user has its
own directory in XP. Thus allowing each user to personalize their workspace.

If you are willing to make a folder in the "C:" drive, naming "My
Documents", transfering all your docuemnts there and making a shortcut to
the desktop - you are free to do so.

Thanks and best of luck!

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Owner of BetaConnect - Providing you a new way in technology
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Still got problems? Email me!
chicofar at onvol dot com

In order for me to access my documents in my "C" drive, I need to find it

in my sub-directory: Cocuments and Settings/Owner/MyDocuments. I think it
may have something to do with the user accounts.

Having many layers of subdirectories is annoying. It used to be simple in

Windows98 (or maybe it was Windows2000) where all my files were located just
in the root directory of C.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

They are not unnecessary, they are part of how profiles works in an NT-based
system (WindowsXP is an NT system). This is part of the "true" user profile
system and is fixed, you cannot change the way the profiles work. Win98 used
a profile system with many shared components, this is not the case in WinXP.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

In order for me to access my documents in my "C" drive, I need to find it

in my sub-directory: Cocuments and Settings/Owner/MyDocuments. I think it
may have something to do with the user accounts.

Having many layers of subdirectories is annoying. It used to be simple in

Windows98 (or maybe it was Windows2000) where all my files were located just
in the root directory of C.

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310147

Tom

| Greetings Jun,
|
| This is how the system works under Microsoft Windows XP. Each user has its
| own directory in XP. Thus allowing each user to personalize their
workspace.
|
| If you are willing to make a folder in the "C:" drive, naming "My
| Documents", transfering all your docuemnts there and making a shortcut to
| the desktop - you are free to do so.
|
| Thanks and best of luck!
|
| --
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Jose Francisco
| Owner of BetaConnect - Providing you a new way in technology
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Still got problems? Email me!
| chicofar at onvol dot com
|
| | > In order for me to access my documents in my "C" drive, I need to find
it
| in my sub-directory: Cocuments and Settings/Owner/MyDocuments. I think
it
| may have something to do with the user accounts.
| >
| > Having many layers of subdirectories is annoying. It used to be simple
in
| Windows98 (or maybe it was Windows2000) where all my files were located
just
| in the root directory of C.
| >
| > PLEASE, someone help me in getting rid of the unnecessary
sub-directories.
| >
| > Regards,
| >
| > Jun
|
|

 

[Jose Francisco]

Thanks Tom, forgot to add that article

 

[David]

Does anyone notice that the OP mentioned that in an
earlier O/S, his files were all in c:\! Well, if so, the
OP put them there. They did not go there by default;
further, it is terrible practice (sloppy) to ever put doc
files in the root directory of a hard drive, wouldn't you
agree?

-----Original Message-----
They are not unnecessary, they are part of how profiles works in an NT-based
system (WindowsXP is an NT system). This is part of the "true" user profile
system and is fixed, you cannot change the way the profiles work. Win98 used
a profile system with many shared components, this is not the case in WinXP.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

drive, I need to find it
in my sub-directory: Cocuments and

Settings/Owner/MyDocuments. I think it