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Please explain difference between the two MYDocs in XP
I pretty much know what I am doing, but I don't understand why there are
two My Documents in XP: One under C: and the other under Documents and Settings. As far as I can see, one is a duplication of the other and I tend to stick with the simple My Documents. I'dlike to know the roles of these two. Thanks, Adam |
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Flycaster wrote:
I pretty much know what I am doing, but I don't understand why there are two My Documents in XP: One under C: and the other under Documents and Settings. As far as I can see, one is a duplication of the other and I tend to stick with the simple My Documents. I'dlike to know the roles of these two. Thanks, Adam OK, did a little research. From what I can tell, as I am the only one using My Documents, I can redirect files to the My Documents under C: and not utilize the one under Documents and Settings. Am I right? Just hate to use up resources when I don't have to. |
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Please explain difference between the two MYDocs in XP
I think this may have occured becuase you upgraded from a non XP version of
Windows to XP. Therefore your documents used to be stored in c:\My Documents, but now they will be stored in 'c:\docs and settings ...\My Documents' and the installation would have copied the documents over. I think you will find the two folders to be only the same for now! Probably beter to use the XP standard because of user premissions etc. c:\my documents will be accessable to all users. Oliver "Flycaster" wrote in message ... I pretty much know what I am doing, but I don't understand why there are two My Documents in XP: One under C: and the other under Documents and Settings. As far as I can see, one is a duplication of the other and I tend to stick with the simple My Documents. I'dlike to know the roles of these two. Thanks, Adam |
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"Flycaster" wrote in message ... Flycaster wrote: I pretty much know what I am doing, but I don't understand why there are two My Documents in XP: One under C: and the other under Documents and Settings. As far as I can see, one is a duplication of the other and I tend to stick with the simple My Documents. I'dlike to know the roles of these two. Thanks, Adam OK, did a little research. From what I can tell, as I am the only one using My Documents, I can redirect files to the My Documents under C: and not utilize the one under Documents and Settings. Am I right? Just hate to use up resources when I don't have to. The My Documents folder exists in the root of Drive C: for Windows 9X. It appears that your XP is an upgrade. Under XP there is a separate My Documents folder for each user account that appears listed in the Documents and Settings folder that's in the root of Drive C:. This is to keep things separate for each account. Everyone has their own, and XP expects it to be that way. Move the stuff out of the My Documents folder in the root of Drive C: and into the one for your account (its shortcut is on your desktop; if you don't see it then right-click a clear area of your desktop, choose Properties, click the Desktop tab, click the Customize Desktop button, and put a checkmark in each of the 4 items at the top -- My Documents is one of them -- and then click OK and then click OK again). Now it and those others you selected should appear on your desktop. Make sure whatever you put into the one on your desktop doesn't show up in the one that's in the root of drive C: (do a test) and *ONLY* if that's true then after you've moved stuff out of the My Documents folder that is in the root of Drive C:, and into the one on your desktop that is not in the root of Drive C:, you can delete the one that is in the root of Drive C: since nothing will be in it and XP doesn't normally use that one. I'm surprised that it exists in the root of Drive C: or that anything is in it. I thought XP normally moves that stuff automatically when the install is done and then deletes that folder during the install of XP. Winguy |
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Please explain difference between the two MYDocs in XP
Oli wrote:
I think this may have occured becuase you upgraded from a non XP version of Windows to XP. Therefore your documents used to be stored in c:\My Documents, but now they will be stored in 'c:\docs and settings ...\My Documents' and the installation would have copied the documents over. I think you will find the two folders to be only the same for now! Probably beter to use the XP standard because of user premissions etc. c:\my documents will be accessable to all users. Oliver "Flycaster" wrote in message ... I pretty much know what I am doing, but I don't understand why there are two My Documents in XP: One under C: and the other under Documents and Settings. As far as I can see, one is a duplication of the other and I tend to stick with the simple My Documents. I'dlike to know the roles of these two. Thanks, Adam Thanks. As only my wife and I use the computer, I have no problem with keeping everything in C:\MY Documents. |
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WinGuy wrote:
"Flycaster" wrote in message ... Flycaster wrote: I pretty much know what I am doing, but I don't understand why there are two My Documents in XP: One under C: and the other under Documents and Settings. As far as I can see, one is a duplication of the other and I tend to stick with the simple My Documents. I'dlike to know the roles of these two. Thanks, Adam OK, did a little research. From what I can tell, as I am the only one using My Documents, I can redirect files to the My Documents under C: and not utilize the one under Documents and Settings. Am I right? Just hate to use up resources when I don't have to. The My Documents folder exists in the root of Drive C: for Windows 9X. It appears that your XP is an upgrade. Under XP there is a separate My Documents folder for each user account that appears listed in the Documents and Settings folder that's in the root of Drive C:. This is to keep things separate for each account. Everyone has their own, and XP expects it to be that way. Move the stuff out of the My Documents folder in the root of Drive C: and into the one for your account (its shortcut is on your desktop; if you don't see it then right-click a clear area of your desktop, choose Properties, click the Desktop tab, click the Customize Desktop button, and put a checkmark in each of the 4 items at the top -- My Documents is one of them -- and then click OK and then click OK again). Now it and those others you selected should appear on your desktop. Make sure whatever you put into the one on your desktop doesn't show up in the one that's in the root of drive C: (do a test) and *ONLY* if that's true then after you've moved stuff out of the My Documents folder that is in the root of Drive C:, and into the one on your desktop that is not in the root of Drive C:, you can delete the one that is in the root of Drive C: since nothing will be in it and XP doesn't normally use that one. I'm surprised that it exists in the root of Drive C: or that anything is in it. I thought XP normally moves that stuff automatically when the install is done and then deletes that folder during the install of XP. Winguy I think that My Docs also exits in the root C:\ of XP because when I switched computers from Win98 to XP, I migrated all migratable (a new word?) files/folders from 98 to XP. Bottom line of what you are telling me is for me to put everything into the My Doc files under root C:\ into Doc/Settings, and then delete the former, eh? |
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"Flycaster" wrote in message
... I think that My Docs also exits in the root C:\ of XP because when I switched computers from Win98 to XP, I migrated all migratable (a new word?) files/folders from 98 to XP. Bottom line of what you are telling me is for me to put everything into the My Doc files under root C:\ into Doc/Settings, and then delete the former, eh? I didn't see that before about the migration. Anyway, yes. Copy/paste or move all files from "C:\My Documents" to the "C:\Documents and Settings\{UserName}\My Documents" folder or, to avoid possibly putting them in the wrong one, copy or move them to the My Documents folder that is on your desktop after having performed the steps of my previous message if the folder isn't already on your desktop. Then you can safely delete the "C:\My Documents" folder. What you put into YOUR "My Documents" folder won't be visible in the My Documents folder of a different account. Unlike 98 & ME, accounts in XP really are separate from each other and the only thing common to them is the operating sytem (XP itself) and most of its own programs. If you want to share things between different accounts, place them in the "Shared Documents" folder. You'll see that folder if you scroll down the left pane of Windows Explorer, you can right click that Shared Documents folder and send it to the desktop as a shortcut. To run Windows Explorer, click Start | All Programs | Accessories | Windows Explorer (but I think you already knew that). That way you and your wife can have your own desktop, documents, picture collections, Internet Explorer favorites, and so on, and just put into Shared Documents anything that you both want to use from your separate accounts. Much nicer than what you could do with 98 or ME. It's like you both have your own computer, but can share things that you want to share with other accounts Happy Holidays! Winguy |
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