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April 20th 05, 07:06 PM
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How to put My Documents on desktop?
I am using XP Pro SP2. I think I screwed up a "natural"
mechanism by some of my own shenanigans, which I probably should not have done in the first place. Situation: My Documents no longer appears on the desktop. The folder is still there under my account folder (c:\Documents and Settings\joeu). Actually, I tried to correct the situation by selecting Send to \ Desktop. But that creates a shortcut. Looking at another login ("jane"), I see that My Documents is not usually a shortcut. There are other subtle differences between the My Documents shortcut on joeu's desktop and the "real" My Documents icon on jane's desktop. How do I get "joeu's Documents" to behave like "jane's Documents" again so that My Documents appears on the desktop when "joeu" logs in? 
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April 20th 05, 07:15 PM
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Right-click on the desktop and select Properties - Desktop tab - Customize
Desktop button - General tab. Modem Ani wrote in message oups.com... I am using XP Pro SP2. I think I screwed up a "natural" mechanism by some of my own shenanigans, which I probably should not have done in the first place. Situation: My Documents no longer appears on the desktop. The folder is still there under my account folder (c:\Documents and Settings\joeu). Actually, I tried to correct the situation by selecting Send to \ Desktop. But that creates a shortcut. Looking at another login ("jane"), I see that My Documents is not usually a shortcut. There are other subtle differences between the My Documents shortcut on joeu's desktop and the "real" My Documents icon on jane's desktop. How do I get "joeu's Documents" to behave like "jane's Documents" again so that My Documents appears on the desktop when "joeu" logs in?
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April 20th 05, 07:35 PM
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Modem Ani wrote:
Right-click on the desktop and select Properties - Desktop tab - Customize Desktop button - General tab. Bingo! Thanks. I "knew" I had seen that option somewhere, but I could not remember where. Klunk! Thanks again.
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April 25th 05, 08:11 AM
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go to My Documents on start menu....right click....select "Show On DEsktop".
Simple! wrote in message oups.com... I am using XP Pro SP2. I think I screwed up a "natural" mechanism by some of my own shenanigans, which I probably should not have done in the first place. Situation: My Documents no longer appears on the desktop. The folder is still there under my account folder (c:\Documents and Settings\joeu). Actually, I tried to correct the situation by selecting Send to \ Desktop. But that creates a shortcut. Looking at another login ("jane"), I see that My Documents is not usually a shortcut. There are other subtle differences between the My Documents shortcut on joeu's desktop and the "real" My Documents icon on jane's desktop. How do I get "joeu's Documents" to behave like "jane's Documents" again so that My Documents appears on the desktop when "joeu" logs in?
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