Moved My Docs gives folder correlation problem

[Freddie Fang]

I suspect the roots of this problem may be ancient...

I've created a new logical partition for My Docs and other data. I have
moved the My Docs folders and sub-folders to the new logical drive, so we
now read J:\My Documents\etc....

The registry correctly points to this location as specced in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310746/en-us

Let's say I'm Fred.

However - the path C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents

has a different content - stuff in both locations is familiar but at some
point in time they have diverged.

Questions:
1) How does the content of c:\Docs&Settings\User Profile\My Docs relate to
My Docs when My Docs has been moved to another location? It cannot be in
both places. Does C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents become
redundant, or so there pointer to the new location?
2) I can move the contents of C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents to
J:\My Documents\etc, but then what does C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My
Documents mean?

Just can't wrap my head around this one. Thanks, Fred.

 

[Guest]

Actually the correct microsoft article you should be reading is #310147 Not
#310746.

 

[Al Martino]

Thanks Andrew, that looks right, but gives no insight to my problem. I
suspect that the contents of C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents
have become orphaned, and I can safely move that stuff to the new location
and delete C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents coz nothing is
pointing to it. Any conformation would be appreciated.

Thanks Fred.

 

[DL]

Move any data to the new My Documents, but leave the old Folder