Ms Scanner @ Camera Wizard - What is it ?

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admiral_victory

I have been using XP Pro SP2 for some time now without ever meeting or
being aware of the MS Scanner & Camera Wizard until today when I
inserted a CD onto which I had burned some digital photos and decided
to clickon the resulting box which appears entitled "My Disk (Z:) "

Drive Z is my DVD Burner drive and I have always clicked the option
appearing in this box to "Take No Further Action"

This time , however , out of curiosity , I clicked "Copy Pictures to
A Folder on my Hard Drive using Ms Scanner @ Camera Wizard "

I cannot remember now whether I specified a particular destination for
these photos or not but the PC began copying all the pictures from the
inserted CD to somewhere on my hard drive producing a list of the
resulting photo icons.

I now , having experimented with "Ms Scanner @ Camera Wizard" for the
first time, wish to erase these photos from the hard drive and , in
order to ascertain where they had been copied to , I right clicked on
one of the icons , selected Properties and got the path as "
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\"

The trouble is there is no such Folder on my PC called "Documents"
with such a Path ! yet these photos are definitely on my hard drive it
would seem !

Can anyone explain this?
 
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents is the path for Shared
Documents.

Paste...

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents

into Start | Run and Click OK.
Click on the Folders icon on the Toolbar.
Shared documents will be highlighted in the left hand pane.
Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video will be in the right hand
pane.

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music is Shared Music.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures is Shared
Pictures.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Videos is Shared Video.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:42:07 -0600, "Wesley Vogel"

Thanks for the reply - your instructions found the photos OK for which
I'm duly grateful.

However , please see my comments below.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents is the path for Shared
Documents.
Click to expand...

Fair enough - if you say so - the only problem with that is that ,
until you told me to enter the string below into Start | Run , I could
not find the Folder " Documents" mentioned at the end of that path.

I have never used Start | Run to enter paths to Folders before nor did
I realise you could do this.

I have always had XP set in the "Classic" view and used only Windows
Explorer to find Files and Folders.

If I use Explorer , ( with " Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked in
Tools | Folder Options | View" ) and navigate to :-
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\ - there is no Document Folder
shown ! = hence my puzzlement.

Is it normal for this Document folder to be invisible in Explorer but
only to be revealed when the path :-

"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents" is entered in the RUN
box ?

Perhaps I should make some setting change to enable this path to be
seen in Explorer ? - if so , I'd be grateful to know what it is.
 
admiral,

Long post!

\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents will work also if you only have
one drive and it is C:

Type into the Run command and see what opens:
system32
system
fonts
tasks
control
control folders
main.cpl
main.cpl @1
desk.cpl
sysdm.cpl
eventvwr
sendto
favorites
windows
%userprofile%
%allusersprofile%
%programfiles%

There are *lots* more.

You can open almost anything with the Run command.

Start | Run | Type: . | Click OK opens %userprofile%

Start | Run | Type: .. | Click OK opens C:\Documents and Settings

Start | Run | Type: ... | Click OK opens My Computer

Start | Run | Type: \ | Click OK opens C:\ or the root folder

To start a program by using the Run command
1. Click Start and then click Run.
2. In Open, type the path to the item you want to open, or click Browse to
locate it.

Notes
* The Open box lists items you have opened recently. Type or select an item
in the list, and then click OK to open it.
* You can open a file or folder or connect to a shared computer by typing
its path in the Open box. You can also connect to an Internet or intranet
site; for example, to reach the Microsoft Web site, type
www.microsoft.com in the Open box. ]]
From...
To start a program by using the Run command
Start | Run | Paste...
hh taskbar.chm::/win_tray_start_programs_runcommand.htm

Most programs do not need the path or extension typed. I.e. anything in
System32 folder.

What's This? sez...
[[The Open box provides a place for you to type the location and file name
of the program you want to run. If you are not sure of the program's
location or file name, click Browse. You can make a temporary network
connection by typing the path to a shared computer. You can also gain access
to the Internet by typing the address (URL) of the site you want to open. ]]

[[...the run command only allows for 255 characters for the path to the file
(entire directory structure to file) including the file name. The same issue
will occur for a shortcut; the entire path cannot exceed 255 characters. ]]
From...
Error Message When You Use Run Command to Start a Program with a Long File
Name
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281675

Open box
[[Provides a place for you to type the location and file name of the program
you want to run. If you are not sure of the program's location or file name,
click Browse. You can make a temporary network connection by typing the path
to a shared computer. You can also gain access to the Internet by typing the
address (URL) of the site you want to open. ]]

OK button
[[Opens the file or path specified and closes the dialog box.]]
The Enter key does the same thing.

Cancel button
[[Closes the dialog box without opening the file or path specified.]]

Browse button
[[Click to browse through folders to find the file you want.]]

To create a shortcut, you can drag Run from the XP Start Menu to the Desktop
or Quick Launch.

You cannot drag Run from the Classic Start Menu to anywhere. You have to
have the XP Start Menu in order to drag Run to the Desktop or Quick Launch.
Same for Help and Support, Search, Settings.
Is it normal for this Document folder to be invisible in Explorer but
only to be revealed when the path :-
Click to expand...

Yes.

For example, paste this into Start | Run:
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

Then try to find Content.IE5 using Windows Explorer.

I do not beleive that Shared Documents is a Hidden folder, but maybe yours
is.

Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents using the Run
command.
Paste this into Start | Run:

%allusersprofile%\Documents

Click the folders icon.
Right click Shared Documents and click Properties.
On the General tab, make sure that Hidden is NOT checked.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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admiral,

Long post!
Click to expand...

Indeed it is ! - but full of information - a lot of which I was either
totally unaware of or , at least , only vaguely aware -so , for all of
that , thanks very much - I'll try out all your suggestions - (How do
you get the time AND the patience for all this ?)
Yes.
Click to expand...

That was one bit of which I was definitely unaware until your answer
here.

Much appreciated.

B.N.
 
Time I have plenty of. Patience is a whole other story.

You'd be surprised how much stuff I learn by accident. ;-)

Keep having fun.

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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