User's Documents folder in My Computer

[Guest]

I recently created a new (limited) user account, and when that user is logged
in, the user's documents folder does not appear under Files Stored on This
Computer in My Computer. Shared Documents is still there. However, on other
user accounts, that user's documents folder ([User]'s Documents) does appear
in My Computer. In other words, the problem is only with that specific user.
Is there any way to fix this?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Pat,

See "DocFolderPaths" section in this article
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319825

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Regards,

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


I recently created a new (limited) user account, and when that user is
logged
in, the user's documents folder does not appear under Files Stored on This
Computer in My Computer. Shared Documents is still there. However, on other
user accounts, that user's documents folder ([User]'s Documents) does appear
in My Computer. In other words, the problem is only with that specific user.
Is there any way to fix this?

 

[Guest]

I did check in the DocFolderPaths and the entry is correct. The folder
appears in all other user accounts except the account to which the folder
belongs.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Pat,

See if this command helps, from Start/Run:

rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit

--
Regards,

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


I did check in the DocFolderPaths and the entry is correct. The folder
appears in all other user accounts except the account to which the folder
belongs.

 

[Guest]

I did that using the affected user's account (it's a limited account) and it
didn't work.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Pat,

No idea. Perhaps creating a new user account will help.

--
Regards,

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


I did that using the affected user's account (it's a limited account) and it
didn't work.

 

[Guest]

Well, thanks anyway for the help.