Screwed up Move of 'My Documents' folder from User Profiles

[Don J]

I reecently moved the version of the 'My Documents' folder that is located
in the User Profile and placed it on a floppy disk drive. Now I want to
move it back. I don't remember how I originally moved it. There are
several ways of moving the actual "My Documents" folder. Unfortunatly none
work for moving the one located in the user profile.

Don Johansen

[David Candy]

Are you sure windows didn't create a new one in your profile.

Always stay with the same thread, I know the background which contains =
important information because I was following the other thread. Togir =
gave you a script. Did you run it.

Your problems simple but you're difficult.

Answer these questions.

What does typing the following in a command prompt say
dir /a %userprofile%\my*.*

Type regedit in Start Run and navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shel=
l Folders
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User=
Shell Folders
and under each what is the value for
Personal

Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Doc=
FolderPaths
and what is listed under your user name if it's there (this is the My =
Docs that appears in My Computer)



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"Don J" > wrote in message =
et...
> I reecently moved the version of the 'My Documents' folder that is =
located
> in the User Profile and placed it on a floppy disk drive. Now I want =
to
> move it back. I don't remember how I originally moved it. There are
> several ways of moving the actual "My Documents" folder. Unfortunatly =
none
> work for moving the one located in the user profile.
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> Don Johansen
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[Don J]

"David Candy" > wrote in message
...
Are you sure windows didn't create a new one in your profile.

Always stay with the same thread, I know the background which contains
important information because I was following the other thread. Togir gave
you a script. Did you run it.

Your problems simple but you're difficult.

Answer these questions.

What does typing the following in a command prompt say
dir /a %userprofile%\my*.*

Type regedit in Start Run and navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
and under each what is the value for
Personal

Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\DocFol
derPaths
and what is listed under your user name if it's there (this is the My Docs
that appears in My Computer)



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http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Don J" > wrote in message
et...
> I reecently moved the version of the 'My Documents' folder that is located
> in the User Profile and placed it on a floppy disk drive. Now I want to
> move it back. I don't remember how I originally moved it. There are
> several ways of moving the actual "My Documents" folder. Unfortunatly
none
> work for moving the one located in the user profile.
>
> Don Johansen
>
>

[David Candy]

Mmmmmm?

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http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
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"Don J" > wrote in message =
news:3yEta.743453$3D1.410620@sccrnsc01...
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> "David Candy" > wrote in message
> ...
> Are you sure windows didn't create a new one in your profile.
>=20
> Always stay with the same thread, I know the background which contains
> important information because I was following the other thread. Togir =
gave
> you a script. Did you run it.
>=20
> Your problems simple but you're difficult.
>=20
> Answer these questions.
>=20
> What does typing the following in a command prompt say
> dir /a %userprofile%\my*.*
>=20
> Type regedit in Start Run and navigate to
>=20
> =
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shel=
l
> Folders
> and
> =
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User=

> Shell Folders
> and under each what is the value for
> Personal
>=20
> Navigate to
> =
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Doc=
Fol
> derPaths
> and what is listed under your user name if it's there (this is the My =
Docs
> that appears in My Computer)
>=20
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
> http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> David Candy
> http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> "Don J" > wrote in message
> et...
> > I reecently moved the version of the 'My Documents' folder that is =
located
> > in the User Profile and placed it on a floppy disk drive. Now I =
want to
> > move it back. I don't remember how I originally moved it. There =
are
> > several ways of moving the actual "My Documents" folder. =
Unfortunatly
> none
> > work for moving the one located in the user profile.
> >
> > Don Johansen
> >
> >
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[Don J]

Dave,

No I didn't create a new folder in my profile. I didn't properly describe
my problem for Togir. First it was the version of my "My Documents" folder
in my User Profile that I moved, not the primary "My Documents" folder that
I had indicated in my original post. (I don't remember how I did it)
Second I had moved the User Profile "My Documents" folder to a Zip Drive
located at Drive "E:\" not a floppy drive which would have been located at
Drive "A:\". Running the following instruction "dir /a
%userprofile%\my*.*" at a command prompt results in the response "The system
cannot find the path specified". I've double checked my spelling when I ran
it, and ran it twice. The same each time.

I've gone to the registry and looked at the values "HKCU\......\Shell
Folders" (Personal), "HKCU\......\User Shell Folders (Personal) and
HKLM\.....\DocFolderPaths ("My User Name"). In all cases the stored value
was: "E:\".

Yes I ran the script that Togir gave me. Since I had told him that I had
moved the "My Documents" folder to the floppy drive, his script moved the My
Documents folder instead of the folder on the disk drive.

What do you mean when you indicate in a parenthetical remark that "this is
the My Docs that appears in My Computer". I've looked at My Computer and
there is nothing labled 'My Docs' there.


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"David Candy" > wrote in message
...
Are you sure windows didn't create a new one in your profile.

Always stay with the same thread, I know the background which contains
important information because I was following the other thread. Togir gave
you a script. Did you run it.

Your problems simple but you're difficult.

Answer these questions.

What does typing the following in a command prompt say
dir /a %userprofile%\my*.*

Type regedit in Start Run and navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
and under each what is the value for
Personal

Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\DocFol
derPaths
and what is listed under your user name if it's there (this is the My Docs
that appears in My Computer)



--
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Don J" > wrote in message
et...
> I reecently moved the version of the 'My Documents' folder that is located
> in the User Profile and placed it on a floppy disk drive. Now I want to
> move it back. I don't remember how I originally moved it. There are
> several ways of moving the actual "My Documents" folder. Unfortunatly
none
> work for moving the one located in the user profile.
>
> Don Johansen
>
>