My Music Folder

G

Guest

I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
 
G

Guest

Hi Mallard,

See if its in the recycle bin and restore it. If not recreate it and restart
your computer.
 
T

Touch Base

|I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared from
| the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a New
| Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes does
| not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I restore
| the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?



Try typing "shell:my music" without quotes marks in Start/Run dialog box
 
G

Guest

What does putting "shell:my music" in the run box supposed to do? I did it
and it just took my to where my music is.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I
restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
 
G

Guest

Registry Key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
Default Path
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

No. Not that key, Donny.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Registry Key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
Default Path
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music
 
G

Guest

OK, sorry, my mistake.

Ramesh said:
No. Not that key, Donny.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Registry Key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
Default Path
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared
from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes
does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I
restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
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G

Guest

Not in recycle bin. As I said in my first post. I already recreated My Music
in My Documents but it doesn't appear on Start Menu, I can't see in in Tweak
UI and ITunes doesn't see it.
 
G

Guest

I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.
 
C

Clay

How about- Right click start- Properties- start menu- customize- advanced,
and put a check in which ever box you want.
Clay
mallard said:
I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes
can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared
from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a
New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes
does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I
restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

As far as I know that will only put "My Music" in the START menu.

Clay said:
How about- Right click start- Properties- start menu- customize- advanced,
and put a check in which ever box you want.
Clay
mallard said:
I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes
can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared
from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a
New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes
does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I
restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

mallard,

Also make sure the value type is REG_EXPAND_SZ?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes
can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

How do I do that please?

Ramesh said:
mallard,

Also make sure the value type is REG_EXPAND_SZ?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes
can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Type this in Start, Run:

reg export "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders" c:\usf.txt

Then open the file usf.txt (present in C:\) using Notepad, and post the
contents here.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


How do I do that please?
 
C

Clay

Must be my mistake !
I thought when he said he wanted "my music" to show up on the start menu
that he wanted "my music" to show up in the start menu. How could I have
gotten that so screwed up !
Clay


DonnyJ said:
As far as I know that will only put "My Music" in the START menu.
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L

Larry Gardner

Try Copy on the Default User's My Documents\My Music.

Then Paste the folder under your My Documents
Make sure the Security settings are setup for you, Administrators and
System.
 

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