How to put My Documents on desktop?

[joeu2004]

I am using XP Pro SP2. I think I screwed up a "natural"
mechanism by some of my own shenanigans, which I probably
should not have done in the first place.

Situation: My Documents no longer appears on the
desktop. The folder is still there under my account
folder (c:\Documents and Settings\joeu).

Actually, I tried to correct the situation by selecting
Send to \ Desktop. But that creates a shortcut.

Looking at another login ("jane"), I see that My Documents
is not usually a shortcut. There are other subtle
differences between the My Documents shortcut on joeu's
desktop and the "real" My Documents icon on jane's
desktop.

How do I get "joeu's Documents" to behave like "jane's
Documents" again so that My Documents appears on the
desktop when "joeu" logs in?

 

[Modem Ani]

Right-click on the desktop and select Properties - Desktop tab - Customize
Desktop button - General tab.

Modem Ani

 

[joeu2004]

Right-click on the desktop and select Properties - Desktop tab -
Customize Desktop button - General tab.

Bingo! Thanks. I "knew" I had seen that option somewhere,
but I could not remember where. Klunk! Thanks again.

 

[Andrew Murray]

go to My Documents on start menu....right click....select "Show On DEsktop".
Simple!