Problems with My Documents

[Steve Bird]

Hi
I have been playing with my PC (Dell 8200) which is running XPHE SP2, I moved 2
users "My Documents" folder to another partition using cut and paste so that I
had at least 15% disk space on my C drive to run defrag. I have now put back the
files to their correct location and the desktop links to them work.
However when I open My Computer, these 2 users Document folders aren't seen in
the list "Files Stored on this computer" Not a major problem but would like to
know a way of putting back the proper settings so that these folders are visible
again in My Computer.
Is there a way of recreating the proper empty/default folders and then letting
me copy the files from the old folders into the new??

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
Steve

 

[Keith Miller]

Start -> Run -> Regedit

Navigate to:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths"

In the right-hand pane, you should see one entry per user -- with the value name being the username
and the data the path to that user's My Documents folder. You can create/edit values as necessary.

 

[Steve Bird]

Thanks for the info Keith
It worked a treat!!

Steve

Start -> Run -> Regedit

Navigate to:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths"

In the right-hand pane, you should see one entry per user -- with the value
name being the username
and the data the path to that user's My Documents folder. You can create/edit
values as necessary.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Hi
I have been playing with my PC (Dell 8200) which is running XPHE SP2, I moved
2
users "My Documents" folder to another partition using cut and paste so that
I
had at least 15% disk space on my C drive to run defrag. I have now put back
the
files to their correct location and the desktop links to them work.
However when I open My Computer, these 2 users Document folders aren't seen
in
the list "Files Stored on this computer" Not a major problem but would like
to
know a way of putting back the proper settings so that these folders are
visible
again in My Computer.
Is there a way of recreating the proper empty/default folders and then
letting
me copy the files from the old folders into the new??

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
Steve

 

[Keith Miller]

You're welcome.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Thanks for the info Keith
It worked a treat!!

Steve

Start -> Run -> Regedit

Navigate to:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths"

In the right-hand pane, you should see one entry per user -- with the value
name being the username
and the data the path to that user's My Documents folder. You can create/edit
values as necessary.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Hi
I have been playing with my PC (Dell 8200) which is running XPHE SP2, I moved
2
users "My Documents" folder to another partition using cut and paste so that
I
had at least 15% disk space on my C drive to run defrag. I have now put back
the
files to their correct location and the desktop links to them work.
However when I open My Computer, these 2 users Document folders aren't seen
in
the list "Files Stored on this computer" Not a major problem but would like
to
know a way of putting back the proper settings so that these folders are
visible
again in My Computer.
Is there a way of recreating the proper empty/default folders and then
letting
me copy the files from the old folders into the new??

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
Steve

 

[Rock]

Hi
I have been playing with my PC (Dell 8200) which is running XPHE SP2, I moved 2
users "My Documents" folder to another partition using cut and paste so that I
had at least 15% disk space on my C drive to run defrag. I have now put back the
files to their correct location and the desktop links to them work.
However when I open My Computer, these 2 users Document folders aren't seen in
the list "Files Stored on this computer" Not a major problem but would like to
know a way of putting back the proper settings so that these folders are visible
again in My Computer.
Is there a way of recreating the proper empty/default folders and then letting
me copy the files from the old folders into the new??

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
Steve

Next time don't use cut and paste. One option is use tweakui to move
these special folders.