XP Filing system

[naturegirl.2]

Hi! Can someone explain to me the file system on XP? There are two of us that us this computer, and we each have our own User ID. There is just a plain 'Documents' file, but where does the 'My Documents' fit into the heirarchy? There seems to be a 'My
Documents' for both of us, also.....I am confused!

[Yves Leclerc]

XP is based on NT. NT is Microsoft's multi-user Windows system. Each user
gets their own Document folder, Desktop configuration, Internet settings and
other settings. This is so that each you can customize their Windows
experience to their liking.

The extra Documents folder may have been create by someone/some program.
May not be used.

Y.

"naturegirl.2" > wrote in message
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> Hi! Can someone explain to me the file system on XP? There are two of us
that us this computer, and we each have our own User ID. There is just a
plain 'Documents' file, but where does the 'My Documents' fit into the
heirarchy? There seems to be a 'My Documents' for both of us, also.....I am
confused!

[Rifleman]

"Yves Leclerc" > wrote in message
...
> XP is based on NT. NT is Microsoft's multi-user Windows system. Each
user
> gets their own Document folder, Desktop configuration, Internet settings
and
> other settings. This is so that each you can customize their Windows
> experience to their liking.

One MAJOR flaw - you cannot give each user a different default email client!
Way to go, MS!

[Rick]

"Rifleman" > wrote in message
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> "Yves Leclerc" > wrote in message
> ...
> > XP is based on NT. NT is Microsoft's multi-user Windows system. Each
> user
> > gets their own Document folder, Desktop configuration, Internet settings
> and
> > other settings. This is so that each you can customize their Windows
> > experience to their liking.
>
> One MAJOR flaw - you cannot give each user a different default email
client!
> Way to go, MS!
>
> Will this be fixed in future versions such as LongHorn?

[Test Man]

You sure? Surely each user only has to go to IE and click on Tools,
Internet Options, Programs tab and select which e-mail program they want as
default in the list?

"Rifleman" > wrote in message
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> "Yves Leclerc" > wrote in message
> ...
> > XP is based on NT. NT is Microsoft's multi-user Windows system. Each
> user
> > gets their own Document folder, Desktop configuration, Internet settings
> and
> > other settings. This is so that each you can customize their Windows
> > experience to their liking.
>
> One MAJOR flaw - you cannot give each user a different default email
client!
> Way to go, MS!
>
>

[Rifleman]

"Test Man" > wrote in message
...
> You sure? Surely each user only has to go to IE and click on Tools,
> Internet Options, Programs tab and select which e-mail program they want
as
> default in the list?
>

yes you can do that, but that program then becomes the default for EVERY
user. If another user wants another email client as default, then they have
to go to the same place and change it! Irksome!

[Tim Slattery]

naturegirl.2 > wrote:

>Hi! Can someone explain to me the file system on XP? There are two of us that us this computer, and we each have our own User ID. There is just a plain 'Documents' file, but where does the 'My Documents' fit into the heirarchy? There seems to be a 'My
Documents' for both of us, also.....I am confused!

XP can use either FAT32 or NTFS file system, but your question doesn't
have to do with that. "Filing system" is not a bad tag for what you're
asking about.

Each XP user has his (or her) own "My Documents", folder, as well as
his own desktop, start menu, and a few other things. Find the
"C:\Documents and Settings" folder, you'll find a subdirectory named
"All Users" and one subdirectory for each user. The OS keeps track of
showing the right stuff to the right user.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

[Alex Nichol]

naturegirl.2 wrote:

>Hi! Can someone explain to me the file system on XP? There are two of us that us this computer, and we each have our own User ID. There is just a plain 'Documents' file, but where does the 'My Documents' fit into the heirarchy?

The idea is that 'My Documents' is a pointer so that it looks the same
for everyone. But when userA logs on, it gets pointed to
C:\Documents and Settings\UserA\MyDocuments
rather than the one for UserB. This allows each user's documents to be
kept separate and private


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)