My Documents vs. C:\documents and settings

[bill]

The code editor I use (HTML-Kit) too frequently throws what the dialog box
calls pointer errors, in addition to other errors. As this doesn't seem to
be happening to a lot of HTML-Kit users, I conclude the problem is on my
end.

I keep my code files in several folders (some a few levels deep) in My
Documents. When I get an error in HTML-Kit, it attempts to save the file:
about 90% of the time I end up with a file showing 0 bytes in the folder in
which I was working. I found that I can, however, within the program's File
Open dialog box, browse to my C: drive, then on to Documents and Settings.
Once I find the folder which corresponds to the name in My Documents, there
sits the file in question, showing the file size correctly. The file loads
and nothing seems to be missing.

I was under the impression that the folders and files in My Documents was
simply a Windows Explorer construct showing the folders of Documents and
Settings but for only the active user. I am really perplexed and this all
has me wondering if I should move my code files to some nice folder such as
c:\work\code\

Thanks for any insights and/or suggestions.
Bill

 

[Dave Patrick]

That will work. Also check two things.
1.) That your profile isn't corrupt. From a command prompt
echo %USERPROFILE%
to see that you're looking in the correct place.

2.) Right-click My Documents|Properties|Target
to see that is hasn't been moved.

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| The code editor I use (HTML-Kit) too frequently throws what the dialog box
| calls pointer errors, in addition to other errors. As this doesn't seem to
| be happening to a lot of HTML-Kit users, I conclude the problem is on my
| end.
|
| I keep my code files in several folders (some a few levels deep) in My
| Documents. When I get an error in HTML-Kit, it attempts to save the file:
| about 90% of the time I end up with a file showing 0 bytes in the folder
in
| which I was working. I found that I can, however, within the program's
File
| Open dialog box, browse to my C: drive, then on to Documents and Settings.
| Once I find the folder which corresponds to the name in My Documents,
there
| sits the file in question, showing the file size correctly. The file loads
| and nothing seems to be missing.
|
| I was under the impression that the folders and files in My Documents was
| simply a Windows Explorer construct showing the folders of Documents and
| Settings but for only the active user. I am really perplexed and this all
| has me wondering if I should move my code files to some nice folder such
as
| c:\work\code\
|
| Thanks for any insights and/or suggestions.
| Bill
|
|