Restoring the My Documents onto the desktop

[ladyako]

Hi everyone,

I accidentally deleted the shortcut for My Documents
off of my desktop. I tried to restore it by making a new
shortcut, but this prevents the "My Documents" shortcut
from showing up as a shortcut when I save files in MS Word
and other applications. I also tried copying the folder
and then pasting it onto the desktop using windows
explorer (this automatically creates a shortcut instead of
copying the actual folder). However, after the desktop is
refreshed, the folder disappears. Any ideas on how to fix
this? Thanks.

 

[Spinner]

Go to the start menu, right click the "My Documents" icon and select "Show
on desktop".

 

[PO.G]

No, this method is only applied to WinXP.

You try to do it:

open C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\

right-click My documents, send to_desktop shortcut

 

[Spinner]

OOPS!
I was skipping back and forth between the 2000 and XP groups.
Your right, that is only for XP.

 

[Carrie Garth \(MVP\)]

Hi Ladyako,

Search Windows 2000 Help for the following (with quotes):

"Show My Documents on the Desktop"

Select to display the topic and then follow the steps given, except in step three
instead of clearing the option, click to select it.

--
Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "ladyako" <ladyako AT hotmail DOT com>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:45 PM
: Hi everyone,
:
: I accidentally deleted the shortcut for My Documents
: off of my desktop. I tried to restore it by making a new
: shortcut, but this prevents the "My Documents" shortcut
: from showing up as a shortcut when I save files in MS Word
: and other applications. I also tried copying the folder
: and then pasting it onto the desktop using windows
: explorer (this automatically creates a shortcut instead of
: copying the actual folder). However, after the desktop is
: refreshed, the folder disappears. Any ideas on how to fix
: this? Thanks.