My pictures in odd location

I am getting this directory which is not the usual place that XP places it.

Ideas gentlemen ?

C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures

Thanks,
Andy

Andy wrote:
I am getting this directory which is not the usual place that XP places it.

Ideas gentlemen ?

C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures

Thanks,
Andy

Probably got there by mistake.
If it's empty then delete it and see where it
gets recreated the next time something calls it.

Andy wrote:
I am getting this directory which is not the usual place that XP places it.

Ideas gentlemen ?

C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures

Thanks,
Andy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Documents

"alias %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\"

"A user can change the physical location of "My Documents"
by right-clicking on the "My Documents" icon, selecting
the Properties option, and entering a new folder location
(path) in the Target tab."

Maybe that'll give you a few ideas.
Normally, it's a "special folder".

And "echo %USERPROFILE%" ends up being the same
thing, as the directory you're thrown into when opening
a command prompt. That's what I got when I tried it here.

Paul

Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:
I am getting this directory which is not the usual place that XP places
it.

Ideas gentlemen ?

C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures

Thanks,
Andy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Documents

"alias %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\"

"A user can change the physical location of "My Documents"
by right-clicking on the "My Documents" icon, selecting
the Properties option, and entering a new folder location
(path) in the Target tab."

Maybe that'll give you a few ideas.
Normally, it's a "special folder".

And "echo %USERPROFILE%" ends up being the same
thing, as the directory you're thrown into when opening
a command prompt. That's what I got when I tried it here.

Paul

If memory serves me right, that "MASM" stands for the Microsoft Assembler
Language Compiler. Now how that got on his machine (since he's not a
programmer afaik) remains a mystery! And finally, how "My Pictures", of all
things, got moved or aliased over there to that folder, seems pretty weird.

On Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:05:36 AM UTC-6, Bill in Co wrote:
Paul wrote:

Andy wrote:

I am getting this directory which is not the usual place that XP places

it.



Ideas gentlemen ?



C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures



Thanks,

Andy



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Documents



"alias %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\"



"A user can change the physical location of "My Documents"

by right-clicking on the "My Documents" icon, selecting

the Properties option, and entering a new folder location

(path) in the Target tab."



Maybe that'll give you a few ideas.

Normally, it's a "special folder".



And "echo %USERPROFILE%" ends up being the same

thing, as the directory you're thrown into when opening

a command prompt. That's what I got when I tried it here.



Paul



If memory serves me right, that "MASM" stands for the Microsoft Assembler

Language Compiler. Now how that got on his machine (since he's not a

programmer afaik) remains a mystery! And finally, how "My Pictures", of all

things, got moved or aliased over there to that folder, seems pretty weird.

Been an assembly programer for 10 years.

How long have you been programming ?

There are a lots of mysteries in life.

Andy

On Sunday, December 15, 2013 12:18:14 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:

I am getting this directory which is not the usual place that XP places it.



Ideas gentlemen ?



C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures



Thanks,

Andy



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Documents



"alias %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\"



"A user can change the physical location of "My Documents"

by right-clicking on the "My Documents" icon, selecting

the Properties option, and entering a new folder location

(path) in the Target tab."



Maybe that'll give you a few ideas.

Normally, it's a "special folder".



And "echo %USERPROFILE%" ends up being the same

thing, as the directory you're thrown into when opening

a command prompt. That's what I got when I tried it here.



Paul

Thanks to both Pauls. :-)

When I deleted the My Pictures dir that was right under My Computer, the directory disappeared.

When deleting it under Masm, it always reappeared later.

Andy

Andy wrote:


Thanks to both Pauls. :-)

When I deleted the My Pictures dir that was right under My Computer, the directory disappeared.

When deleting it under Masm, it always reappeared later.

Andy

And you know right away, what that means. It's
being put back by the OS, by means of something
pointing to that (incorrect) root directory. I wouldn't
call them "special folders" so much, as
something which is part of your profile, and
the OS means you to "have a copy".

I think some pointer has changed.

Ben probably knows exactly what to change, but
if as a home user, I was facing this, I'd fire
up Regedit, and see if that Masm is in the
registry. Of course, it will be mentioned
in your "programming tools" registry section.
But maybe, just maybe, there's a system related
one, something with a recognizable name, which is
also there.

I tool a look in my own environment variables, and
didn't see anything that immediately stood out as
a suspect. So I'd have to go "dumpster diving"
in the registry, to try and find a hint. And the MASM
part of your path, might make a good search term.

Go to System control panel, Advanced tab, Environment Variables
button, lower center. I didn't see anything in mine,
so I'm guessing the answer is in the registry somewhere.
You could have a look through yours, just in case.

*******

In this tutorial...

http://www.intelligent-systems.info/...0/tutorial.htm

this is what his Command Prompt window looks like when
starting his session. AFAIK, that's the %userprofile% path.
In his case C:\Documents and Settings\esazonov.

http://www.intelligent-systems.info/...s/image008.jpg

Does yours start in a place like that ? Or does yours
start in C:\MASM32\SOURCE or similar, immediately ?

Just curious.

Paul

Andy wrote:
On Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:05:36 AM UTC-6, Bill in Co wrote:
Paul wrote:

Andy wrote:

I am getting this directory which is not the usual place that XP places
it.

Ideas gentlemen ?

C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures

Thanks,

Andy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Documents

"alias %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\"

"A user can change the physical location of "My Documents"
by right-clicking on the "My Documents" icon, selecting
the Properties option, and entering a new folder location
(path) in the Target tab."

Maybe that'll give you a few ideas.

Normally, it's a "special folder".

And "echo %USERPROFILE%" ends up being the same
thing, as the directory you're thrown into when opening
a command prompt. That's what I got when I tried it here.

Paul


If memory serves me right, that "MASM" stands for the Microsoft Assembler
Language Compiler. Now how that got on his machine (since he's not a
programmer afaik) remains a mystery! And finally, how "My Pictures", of
all
things, got moved or aliased over there to that folder, seems pretty
weird.

Been an assembly programer for 10 years.
How long have you been programming ?

There are a lots of mysteries in life.

Andy

Off and on for many years, but I'm not a programmer, I'm a retired EE and
instructor. That said, I had played around a little bit with MASM and TASM
(Borland's answer to MASM), Turbo Pascal, Basic, and some machine code
programming, and barely scratched "C" at the time.

I still find it mind boggling that "My Pictures" is being redirected to your
MASM folder. But maybe Paul's suggestion will help out.

I've removed most of the extra line feeds above. I'm not sure why Google
adds them. It's too bad there's no option (?) to turn them off, I gather.

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:14:35 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:





Thanks to both Pauls. :-)



When I deleted the My Pictures dir that was right under My Computer, the directory disappeared.



When deleting it under Masm, it always reappeared later.



Andy



And you know right away, what that means. It's

being put back by the OS, by means of something

pointing to that (incorrect) root directory. I wouldn't

call them "special folders" so much, as

something which is part of your profile, and

the OS means you to "have a copy".



I think some pointer has changed.



Ben probably knows exactly what to change, but

if as a home user, I was facing this, I'd fire

up Regedit, and see if that Masm is in the

registry. Of course, it will be mentioned

in your "programming tools" registry section.

But maybe, just maybe, there's a system related

one, something with a recognizable name, which is

also there.



I tool a look in my own environment variables, and

didn't see anything that immediately stood out as

a suspect. So I'd have to go "dumpster diving"

in the registry, to try and find a hint. And the MASM

part of your path, might make a good search term.



Go to System control panel, Advanced tab, Environment Variables

button, lower center. I didn't see anything in mine,

so I'm guessing the answer is in the registry somewhere.

You could have a look through yours, just in case.



*******



In this tutorial...



http://www.intelligent-systems.info/...0/tutorial.htm



this is what his Command Prompt window looks like when

starting his session. AFAIK, that's the %userprofile% path.

In his case C:\Documents and Settings\esazonov.



http://www.intelligent-systems.info/...s/image008.jpg



Does yours start in a place like that ? Or does yours

start in C:\MASM32\SOURCE or similar, immediately ?



Just curious.



Paul

The problem is fixed.

Andy

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:48:10 AM UTC-6, Bill in Co wrote:
Andy wrote:

On Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:05:36 AM UTC-6, Bill in Co wrote:

Paul wrote:



Andy wrote:



I am getting this directory which is not the usual place that XP places

it.



Ideas gentlemen ?



C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures



Thanks,



Andy



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Documents



"alias %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\"



"A user can change the physical location of "My Documents"

by right-clicking on the "My Documents" icon, selecting

the Properties option, and entering a new folder location

(path) in the Target tab."



Maybe that'll give you a few ideas.



Normally, it's a "special folder".



And "echo %USERPROFILE%" ends up being the same

thing, as the directory you're thrown into when opening

a command prompt. That's what I got when I tried it here.



Paul





If memory serves me right, that "MASM" stands for the Microsoft Assembler

Language Compiler. Now how that got on his machine (since he's not a

programmer afaik) remains a mystery! And finally, how "My Pictures", of

all

things, got moved or aliased over there to that folder, seems pretty

weird.



Been an assembly programer for 10 years.

How long have you been programming ?



There are a lots of mysteries in life.



Andy



Off and on for many years, but I'm not a programmer, I'm a retired EE and

instructor. That said, I had played around a little bit with MASM and TASM

(Borland's answer to MASM), Turbo Pascal, Basic, and some machine code

programming, and barely scratched "C" at the time.



I still find it mind boggling that "My Pictures" is being redirected to your

MASM folder. But maybe Paul's suggestion will help out.



I've removed most of the extra line feeds above. I'm not sure why Google

adds them. It's too bad there's no option (?) to turn them off, I gather.

I love Tasm and still use it on occasion to make 16 bit programs.

I am sorry about the extra line feeds.

I have tried numerous times to get a newsreader working, but never had any luck.

Andy

Andy wrote:
Andy wrote:

When I deleted the My Pictures dir that was right under My Computer, the directory disappeared.
When deleting it under Masm, it always reappeared later.
Andy


The problem is fixed.

Andy

And the solution was ???

That's how we pay the bills here, with
posted solutions...

Paul

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:07:13 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:

Andy wrote:



When I deleted the My Pictures dir that was right under My Computer, the directory disappeared.

When deleting it under Masm, it always reappeared later.

Andy





The problem is fixed.



Andy



And the solution was ???



That's how we pay the bills here, with

posted solutions...



Paul

Sorry, I was mistaken again.

I think my computer is demon possessed.

I connected my DSLR camera to my computer and this reappeared. :-)

C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures

Andy wrote:
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:07:13 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:

Andy wrote:


When I deleted the My Pictures dir that was right under My Computer, the directory disappeared.
When deleting it under Masm, it always reappeared later.
Andy


The problem is fixed.
Andy


And the solution was ???



That's how we pay the bills here, with

posted solutions...



Paul

Sorry, I was mistaken again.

I think my computer is demon possessed.

I connected my DSLR camera to my computer and this reappeared. :-)

C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures

So something still points to that location.

Either the piece of software that handles the DSLR.
Or the system image acquisition, whatever that is.

While nothing prevents an application from storing
stuff in an XML file, tradition is, the Registry
gets that stuff.

Paul

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 8:15:23 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:07:13 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:

Andy wrote:



Andy wrote:





When I deleted the My Pictures dir that was right under My Computer, the directory disappeared.

When deleting it under Masm, it always reappeared later.

Andy





The problem is fixed.

Andy





And the solution was ???







That's how we pay the bills here, with



posted solutions...







Paul



Sorry, I was mistaken again.



I think my computer is demon possessed.



I connected my DSLR camera to my computer and this reappeared. :-)



C:\MASM32\SOURCE\My Pictures



So something still points to that location.



Either the piece of software that handles the DSLR.

Or the system image acquisition, whatever that is.



While nothing prevents an application from storing

stuff in an XML file, tradition is, the Registry

gets that stuff.



Paul

I deleted all Nikon programs, and My Pictures still shows up in my MASM directory.

I can't blame Nikon, so Winblows seems to be the culprit. :-)

Andy

In message , Andy
writes:
[]
I am sorry about the extra line feeds.

I have tried numerous times to get a newsreader working, but never had
any luck.

Andy

Tell us which one, and the problems you have, and I'm sure we'll be able
to help. (Thunderbird is probably the one with most users, even if it
isn't the best 'reader.)
--
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They'd never heard of me; they didn't like me; they didn't like my speech;
they tutted and clucked and looked at their watches and eventually I sat down
to a thunderous lack of applause. - Barry Norman (on preceding Douglas Bader),
in RT 6-12 July 2013