"Documents" folder hidden

I moved “Documents� and “Downloads� to another partition using Location|
Move, etc. Before doing these 2 moves, I created 2 new folders on the new
partition named “Documents� and “Downloads�. My problem is that after the
moves (I said Yes to move all files) the Documents folder on the new
partition disappeared, i.e. it became a hidden system file while the
“Downloads� folder changed on the new partition to a green folder with all
the files in it. If I then do a file open in Word 2003, the “My Places�
pane on the left pane of the dialog box no longer includes a green documents
folder. Instead, it has a manila folder named “My Documents�. If I select
it and then “Add it� to “my places� a correct Green documents folder shows
up, however, I cannot then remove the manila “My documents� folder.

Can someone help me get the “documents� folder working properly? I have
tried restoring defaults and doing it again but with no luck.

Open the registry editor by typing 'regedit' in the Start Search box.

Navigate to:

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

In the right pane, edit the path found for 'Personal' so that it points to
your new Documents folder.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Bob L." <BobL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I moved “Documents� and “Downloads� to another partition using Location|
> Move, etc. Before doing these 2 moves, I created 2 new folders on the new
> partition named “Documents� and “Downloads�. My problem is that after the
> moves (I said Yes to move all files) the Documents folder on the new
> partition disappeared, i.e. it became a hidden system file while the
> “Downloads� folder changed on the new partition to a green folder with all
> the files in it. If I then do a file open in Word 2003, the “My Places�
> pane on the left pane of the dialog box no longer includes a green
> documents
> folder. Instead, it has a manila folder named “My Documents�. If I
> select
> it and then “Add it� to “my places� a correct Green documents folder shows
> up, however, I cannot then remove the manila “My documents� folder.
>
> Can someone help me get the “documents� folder working properly? I have
> tried restoring defaults and doing it again but with no luck.
>

Keith Miller (MVP) wrote:
> Open the registry editor by typing 'regedit' in the Start Search box.
>
> Navigate to:
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders]
>
> In the right pane, edit the path found for 'Personal' so that it points
> to your new Documents folder.
>
>
Keith,
Thanks for the quick reply. When I did the move, I left the folder I
created on the new "E" partition as just "New Folder". The path for
'personal' per your instructions says "E:\New Folder" which seems
correct? Is there something else I can do?

Bob L.

Make sure Explorer is set to show both hidden & system files.

Check the folder for a desktop.ini file. It should have the following
contents:


[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell 32.dll,-21770
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-112
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-235


If it doesn't exist, copy the above into notepad and save in the folder as
'desktop.ini'

Open a command prompt window, and type:

e:<enter>
attrib -s "New Folder"<enter>
attrib -h "New Folder"<enter>
attrib +r "New Folder"<enter>


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Bob L." <ReplyToGroup@att.net> wrote in message
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> Keith Miller (MVP) wrote:
>> Open the registry editor by typing 'regedit' in the Start Search box.
>>
>> Navigate to:
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User
>> Shell Folders]
>>
>> In the right pane, edit the path found for 'Personal' so that it points
>> to your new Documents folder.
>>
>>
> Keith,
> Thanks for the quick reply. When I did the move, I left the folder I
> created on the new "E" partition as just "New Folder". The path for
> 'personal' per your instructions says "E:\New Folder" which seems correct?
> Is there something else I can do?
>
> Bob L.

Keith,
I unhid system files and, yes, there is a desktop.ini file with the
contents you listed in my folder (the file on the E drive is now named
"Documents" rather than new folder as last night I tried doing the move
over again and this time started with a folder named "Documents"). When
I run each of the attrib commands, however, I get the following:


C:\Users\Bob>e:

E:\>attrib -s "Documents"
Not resetting hidden file - E:\Documents

E:\>attrib -h "Documents"
Not resetting system file - E:\Documents

E:\>attrib +r "Documents"
Not resetting hidden file - E:\Documents

I then copied the contents of the desktop.ini file to the clipboard,
deleted the desktop.ini file and created a new one from the clipboard.
Same thing happens when I try the attrib commands.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks again for your help,
Bob L.








Keith Miller (MVP) wrote:
> Make sure Explorer is set to show both hidden & system files.
>
> Check the folder for a desktop.ini file. It should have the following
> contents:
>
>
> [.ShellClassInfo]
> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell 32.dll,-21770
> IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-112
> IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
> IconIndex=-235
>
>
> If it doesn't exist, copy the above into notepad and save in the folder
> as 'desktop.ini'
>
> Open a command prompt window, and type:
>
> e:<enter>
> attrib -s "New Folder"<enter>
> attrib -h "New Folder"<enter>
> attrib +r "New Folder"<enter>
>
>

Sorry, I just tested & you have to clear them together:

attrib -s -h Documents (you only need quotes if there is a space in the
name)


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Bob L." <ReplyToGroup@att.net> wrote in message
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> Keith,
> I unhid system files and, yes, there is a desktop.ini file with the
> contents you listed in my folder (the file on the E drive is now named
> "Documents" rather than new folder as last night I tried doing the move
> over again and this time started with a folder named "Documents"). When I
> run each of the attrib commands, however, I get the following:
>
>
> C:\Users\Bob>e:
>
> E:\>attrib -s "Documents"
> Not resetting hidden file - E:\Documents
>
> E:\>attrib -h "Documents"
> Not resetting system file - E:\Documents
>
> E:\>attrib +r "Documents"
> Not resetting hidden file - E:\Documents
>
> I then copied the contents of the desktop.ini file to the clipboard,
> deleted the desktop.ini file and created a new one from the clipboard.
> Same thing happens when I try the attrib commands.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks again for your help,
> Bob L.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Keith Miller (MVP) wrote:
>> Make sure Explorer is set to show both hidden & system files.
>>
>> Check the folder for a desktop.ini file. It should have the following
>> contents:
>>
>>
>> [.ShellClassInfo]
>> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell 32.dll,-21770
>> IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-112
>> IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
>> IconIndex=-235
>>
>>
>> If it doesn't exist, copy the above into notepad and save in the folder
>> as 'desktop.ini'
>>
>> Open a command prompt window, and type:
>>
>> e:<enter>
>> attrib -s "New Folder"<enter>
>> attrib -h "New Folder"<enter>
>> attrib +r "New Folder"<enter>
>>

FANTASTIC!! Fixed problems in Explorer! The "Favorite places" Pane in
Word 2003 is still screwed up though, even after doing a reboot just to
be sure that wasn't it. Any idea why or should I try getting help from
an office discussion group now?

Thanks again!
Bob L.


Keith Miller (MVP) wrote:
> Sorry, I just tested & you have to clear them together:
>
> attrib -s -h Documents (you only need quotes if there is a space in the
> name)
>
>

I'm not sure about Word 2003, so you might want to ask in an Office group.
I'm not sure how Word populates the places bar.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Bob L." <ReplyToGroup@att.net> wrote in message
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> FANTASTIC!! Fixed problems in Explorer! The "Favorite places" Pane in
> Word 2003 is still screwed up though, even after doing a reboot just to be
> sure that wasn't it. Any idea why or should I try getting help from an
> office discussion group now?
>
> Thanks again!
> Bob L.
>
>
> Keith Miller (MVP) wrote:
>> Sorry, I just tested & you have to clear them together:
>>
>> attrib -s -h Documents (you only need quotes if there is a space in the
>> name)
>>