Windows7 migrating folder.

[Peter Jason]

I arrived at work to discover that my "My Documents" folder had moved
to another within the user name folder. This happened overnight with
eMule, TV downloads etc all running as usual. Does some virus cause
this? Peter

 

[Seth]

I arrived at work to discover that my "My Documents" folder had moved
to another within the user name folder. This happened overnight with
eMule, TV downloads etc all running as usual. Does some virus cause
this? Peter

You sure about that? Microsoft dropped the whole "My" stuff. Also, Videos
and Music are no longer under Documents within the profile but rather now
along side it.

 

[Peter Jason]

You sure about that? Microsoft dropped the whole "My" stuff. Also, Videos
and Music are no longer under Documents within the profile but rather now
along side it.

In the Windows7 Explorer there's a "Library" with a "Documents" folder
beneath, and then a "My Documents" folder beneath that. The "My
Documents" also appears beneath the profile folder.

How should I rationalize all this? Should I rename "My Documents" to
just "Documents" and then shift all the library "My Documents"
contents into the root "Documents"?

Peter

 

[Seum]

In the Windows7 Explorer there's a "Library" with a "Documents" folder
beneath, and then a "My Documents" folder beneath that. The "My
Documents" also appears beneath the profile folder.

How should I rationalize all this? Should I rename "My Documents" to
just "Documents" and then shift all the library "My Documents"
contents into the root "Documents"?

Peter

That sounds like a reasonable way to me.
In the folder where "My Documents" is,
make another folder called Documents.
It will pop up above "My Documents"

That should do it, if by brain is working today :-(

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

In the Windows7 Explorer there's a "Library" with a "Documents" folder
beneath, and then a "My Documents" folder beneath that. The "My
Documents" also appears beneath the profile folder.

How should I rationalize all this? Should I rename "My Documents" to
just "Documents" and then shift all the library "My Documents"
contents into the root "Documents"?

Peter

Please don't. You will break things.

For one thing, there *is* still a "My Documents" folder. Your problem is
that you are using the Library, where it is labeled "Documents". Look
elsewhere, such as under your user name, for "My Documents" and use
that.

My advice (and my behavior): avoid using the Library. It has strange
behavior.

Get a good book on Windows 7 and learn from it.

 

[Peter Jason]

Please don't. You will break things.

For one thing, there *is* still a "My Documents" folder. Your problem is
that you are using the Library, where it is labeled "Documents". Look
elsewhere, such as under your user name, for "My Documents" and use
that.

My advice (and my behavior): avoid using the Library. It has strange
behavior.

Get a good book on Windows 7 and learn from it.

I have just downloaded a plethora of eBooks on Windows7 & Office10
vis...

Microsoft.Windows.7.Administrators.Pocket.Consultant

The Complete Guide To Windows 7 - (Malestrom)

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out The ultimate, in-depth
troubleshooting reference-Mantesh

win7-toolkit

Windows 7 All-in-One Dummies

Windows 7 Annoyances -Oreilly- 2010

Windows 7 Plain & Simple (7Summits)

Windows 7 Secrets

Windows 7 Teach Yourself Visually

Windows 7 The Definitive Guide

Windows 7 The Missing Manual-rwt911

Windows 7 Ultimate Guide - Computer Active - December 2009

etc, and similar for Office10

This one:
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Inside Out (2010)
was particularly useful to fix my address book problem.

Thanks, Peter

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I have just downloaded a plethora of eBooks on Windows7 & Office10
vis...

Microsoft.Windows.7.Administrators.Pocket.Consultant

The Complete Guide To Windows 7 - (Malestrom)

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out The ultimate, in-depth
troubleshooting reference-Mantesh

win7-toolkit

Windows 7 All-in-One Dummies

Windows 7 Annoyances -Oreilly- 2010

Windows 7 Plain & Simple (7Summits)

Windows 7 Secrets

Windows 7 Teach Yourself Visually

Windows 7 The Definitive Guide

Windows 7 The Missing Manual-rwt911

Windows 7 Ultimate Guide - Computer Active - December 2009

etc, and similar for Office10

This one:
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Inside Out (2010)
was particularly useful to fix my address book problem.

Thanks, Peter

The Inside-Out books I've bought have pleased me, and others have
reported good feelings about them too. I've been OK with the Missing
Manual series too. he others, I just don't know about, so no opinion.

I'd say you have enough books to get you to New Year's day ... 2026

Good luck, I hope they help.

 

[Seth]

In the Windows7 Explorer there's a "Library" with a "Documents" folder
beneath, and then a "My Documents" folder beneath that. The "My
Documents" also appears beneath the profile folder.

Make sure you have your views correct. When you are in the Explorer view
that has both present, more often than not the one labeled "My Documents" is
a junction point and not a folder. it just redirects applications to the
proper "Documents" folder. In other views where you only see a single "My
Documents" listing, that should actually be "Documents", in some instances
Explorer actually shows you the "My" when it's not really there.

To test, open a CMD prompt. Navigate to C:\Users\<your user name>. Now
execute the command "dir /a" (without the quotes) and see what you get.
Here's the 2 relevant lines...

10/03/2011 01:43 PM <DIR> Documents
08/02/2011 06:43 AM <JUNCTION> My Documents
[C:\Users\username\Documents]

See, "Documents" is a "Dir" (folder), "My Documents" is a Junction Point
that just redirects back to "Documents".

How should I rationalize all this? Should I rename "My Documents" to
just "Documents" and then shift all the library "My Documents"
contents into the root "Documents"?

Why? To what end? What will you accomplish by doing this? This need to be
done with a purpose.