Merged 'Saved Games' w/ 'Public'...

Hello all,

I made a big boo boo... We have two profiles on our Vista machine. I've
gone through and merged a number of our personal folders (Pictures, Videos,
Music, etc.) with the Public versions of these folders - effectively creating
a single folder that both profiles can access easily.

The oopsie is that when I went to merge the Saved Games folder on my profile
with the Public Saved Games folder, I clicked a little too soon. Now, in my
personal folder I have a folder named Saved Games, but when opened it, it has
the contents of the Public folder...

All is well on the other profile.

I've tried renaming the Saved Games folder to Public, but that option isn't
available. I've tried copying the contents, deleting the Saved Games folder,
and creating a new folder - No luck... Any suggestions?

Yeesh...
-Dreux

Try the 'Restore Default' button on the 'Location' tab of the Properties
dialog for your Saved Games folder.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Dreux" <Dreux@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB56D8EE-DF16-4E3C-956F-CF6E5584DE34@microsoft.com...
> Hello all,
>
> I made a big boo boo... We have two profiles on our Vista machine. I've
> gone through and merged a number of our personal folders (Pictures,
> Videos,
> Music, etc.) with the Public versions of these folders - effectively
> creating
> a single folder that both profiles can access easily.
>
> The oopsie is that when I went to merge the Saved Games folder on my
> profile
> with the Public Saved Games folder, I clicked a little too soon. Now, in
> my
> personal folder I have a folder named Saved Games, but when opened it, it
> has
> the contents of the Public folder...
>
> All is well on the other profile.
>
> I've tried renaming the Saved Games folder to Public, but that option
> isn't
> available. I've tried copying the contents, deleting the Saved Games
> folder,
> and creating a new folder - No luck... Any suggestions?
>
> Yeesh...
> -Dreux

Hey Keith,

Unfortunately, there is no 'Location' tab in the properties for that folder...

"Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote:

> Try the 'Restore Default' button on the 'Location' tab of the Properties
> dialog for your Saved Games folder.
>
>
> --
> Good Luck,
>
> Keith
> Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>
>
>
> "Dreux" <Dreux@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FB56D8EE-DF16-4E3C-956F-CF6E5584DE34@microsoft.com...
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I made a big boo boo... We have two profiles on our Vista machine. I've
> > gone through and merged a number of our personal folders (Pictures,
> > Videos,
> > Music, etc.) with the Public versions of these folders - effectively
> > creating
> > a single folder that both profiles can access easily.
> >
> > The oopsie is that when I went to merge the Saved Games folder on my
> > profile
> > with the Public Saved Games folder, I clicked a little too soon. Now, in
> > my
> > personal folder I have a folder named Saved Games, but when opened it, it
> > has
> > the contents of the Public folder...
> >
> > All is well on the other profile.
> >
> > I've tried renaming the Saved Games folder to Public, but that option
> > isn't
> > available. I've tried copying the contents, deleting the Saved Games
> > folder,
> > and creating a new folder - No luck... Any suggestions?
> >
> > Yeesh...
> > -Dreux
>

Does the Public folder still exist under 'C:\Users' ?

What folder opens if you type the command:

shell:savedgames

from the Start Search box? That is the folder that Windows thinks is your
saved games folder. Try the same with:

shellublic

That should open the folder Windows thinks is your public folder. Are they
the same?

If your comfortable with basic registry work, run regedit & export the
following key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]

Also, open a command prompt & type: set public<Enter>

What are the results of that?

Be aware that this situation can be made more confusing by desktop.ini files
providing a display name for folders that is different from the actual
folder name. Click once in the breadcrumb bar to see the actual folder
path.

Post back & we can get this fixed.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Dreux" <Dreux@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C161991B-D1D6-41FF-822E-07FD193F26FD@microsoft.com...
> Hey Keith,
>
> Unfortunately, there is no 'Location' tab in the properties for that
> folder...
>
> "Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Try the 'Restore Default' button on the 'Location' tab of the Properties
>> dialog for your Saved Games folder.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Keith
>> Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>>
>>
>>
>> "Dreux" <Dreux@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FB56D8EE-DF16-4E3C-956F-CF6E5584DE34@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I made a big boo boo... We have two profiles on our Vista machine.
>> > I've
>> > gone through and merged a number of our personal folders (Pictures,
>> > Videos,
>> > Music, etc.) with the Public versions of these folders - effectively
>> > creating
>> > a single folder that both profiles can access easily.
>> >
>> > The oopsie is that when I went to merge the Saved Games folder on my
>> > profile
>> > with the Public Saved Games folder, I clicked a little too soon. Now,
>> > in
>> > my
>> > personal folder I have a folder named Saved Games, but when opened it,
>> > it
>> > has
>> > the contents of the Public folder...
>> >
>> > All is well on the other profile.
>> >
>> > I've tried renaming the Saved Games folder to Public, but that option
>> > isn't
>> > available. I've tried copying the contents, deleting the Saved Games
>> > folder,
>> > and creating a new folder - No luck... Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Yeesh...
>> > -Dreux
>>