No My Documents folder in My Computer for Limited User

[Phil Cook]

Scoured the 'net for any help and it seems I'm not the only one who
creates a new limited account in XP Pro only to find that the "Shared
Documents" folder is the only one present under "Files stored on this
Computer" in My Computer.

So the files appear under an Administrative account, but not a limited one.
The user names contain no spaces and are under 8 characters long.
The folders are all present and correct.
And aren't Private.
The reg keys for Local_Machine\...\Explorer\DocFolderPaths are all present
and correct.
The reg key for Local_Machine\...\My Computer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders
contains the {5903...30ee} subkey.
TweakUI only shows Control Panel as an option for "Files stored on this
computer"
My Documents shows up on the Start menu as a link, under Other Places on
My Computer, and as it's own folder in the Explorer folder view.

I've done this on other XP boxes with no difficulty, the only difference
being those were ones I installed myself and this one came pre-installed.

I'm stumped, anyone got any ideas, other than <sigh> re-installation?

 

[=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Daniel_Mart=EDn_=5BMVP_Windows=5D?]

Hi, Phil:

I'm personally investigating that problem. As far as I know, .NET Framework
1.1 is one possible culprit (more specifically, the ASPNET user account it
creates).

Download and install .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 and see the results. (Only if
you have installed .NET Framework 1.1 on your computer.)

 

[Phil Cook]

Hi, Phil:

I'm personally investigating that problem. As far as I know, .NET
Framework 1.1 is one possible culprit (more specifically, the ASPNET
user account it creates).

Download and install .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 and see the results. (Only
if you have installed .NET Framework 1.1 on your computer.)

Well after eventually finding it, with the search constantly pointing at
MSDN's v2, it claimed it was already installed. Nevertheless I carried on
and lo it fixed the problem. I would never even have thought about .NET in
that connection.

Many thanks, perhaps a KB article might soon be forthcoming for all the
other lost souls out there

 

[=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Daniel_Mart=EDn_=5BMVP_Windows=5D?]

You're welcome, Phil.

 

[WTC]

Scoured the 'net for any help and it seems I'm not the only one who
creates a new limited account in XP Pro only to find that the "Shared
Documents" folder is the only one present under "Files stored on this
Computer" in My Computer.

So the files appear under an Administrative account, but not a limited
one.
The user names contain no spaces and are under 8 characters long.
The folders are all present and correct.

You need to assign the proper permissions for the folder in order view the
folder in the section "Files stored on this Computer" in My Computer.

Here is the default permissions for the Shared Document folder.

Access is denied when opening the Shared Documents folder ?
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sdperms.htm

How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418