Mike
July 1st 04, 11:42 AM
I'm sorry, I meant "Documents and Settings" of course.
Mike
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently upgraded from Win ME to XP. I find that all
>the stuff in my old "My Documents" (e.g. My Pictures) has
>been placed in a directory called "default" under the
>Users and Settings folder. All the other new user
account
>I have created on my system have their own named
directory
>e.g. "Joe Blogg's Documents" rather than my "default".
>
>I want a consistent setup, so that I have my own
directory
>name with everything in there. I did try just create a
>folder and copy everything into it, but then when you go
>to My Computer, my directory doesn't show up at the top
>alongside the others' --- it doesn't seem to have
>recognised my new folder as a genuine user documents
>folder or something?
>
>Another thing is that I can't actually delete
>the "default" folder -- it says it's a system folder.
>What exactly is it needed for? There is a separate,
>hidden, folder "Default User" -- and I understand the
>purpose of that one. But the "default" folder -- I
>could't find anything about it on the MS site. Do I need
>the "default" folder?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
>Mike
>.
>
Mike
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently upgraded from Win ME to XP. I find that all
>the stuff in my old "My Documents" (e.g. My Pictures) has
>been placed in a directory called "default" under the
>Users and Settings folder. All the other new user
account
>I have created on my system have their own named
directory
>e.g. "Joe Blogg's Documents" rather than my "default".
>
>I want a consistent setup, so that I have my own
directory
>name with everything in there. I did try just create a
>folder and copy everything into it, but then when you go
>to My Computer, my directory doesn't show up at the top
>alongside the others' --- it doesn't seem to have
>recognised my new folder as a genuine user documents
>folder or something?
>
>Another thing is that I can't actually delete
>the "default" folder -- it says it's a system folder.
>What exactly is it needed for? There is a separate,
>hidden, folder "Default User" -- and I understand the
>purpose of that one. But the "default" folder -- I
>could't find anything about it on the MS site. Do I need
>the "default" folder?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
>Mike
>.
>