Re: "Username Documents" folder does not appear

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe@mvps.org)
Date: 04/12/03 

From: "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 13:50:55 -0700

To make an account's My Documents folder appear in Windows Explorer,
add/edit a key in the DocFolderPaths branch like so:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths]
"user"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\user\\My Documents"

An alternative to editing the registry is to "Move" your My Documents
folder from the desktop level in Windows Explorer. Windows will reset
DocFolderPaths when you move your My Documents folder. Simply move the
target to, say, the root of C: and then move it back again. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
"Perry Tucker" <pltucker@comcast.net> wrote in
message news:#nw2rQEADHA.2452@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> In one of my limited user accounts, the "Username Documents" folder 
> does not
> appear in the "My Computer" view (using "Show in Groups" via "Arrange 
> Icons
> By") under "Files Stored on This Computer".  In all my other limited 
> user
> accounts both the "Shared Documents" and "Username Documents" folder
> appears.  For the account in question just the "Shared Documents" 
> folder
> appears.  How do I get the "Username Documents" folder to reappear on 
> the
> main "My Computer" view for that user account?

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