My Documents Folder unavailable

Location is not available- C:\Documents and Settings\my name\My Documents
refer to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this
computer, or on a network.

All my documents are gone.!!
Please Help Me!
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Don

In general your documents are located at:
C:\users\your name\documents

Michael


"Donaldo" <Donaldo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Location is not available- C:\Documents and Settings\my name\My Documents
> refer to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on
> this
> computer, or on a network.
>
> All my documents are gone.!!
> Please Help Me!
> --
> Don

That path is a relic of past versions of Windows, and are used to help setup
apps find the actual Vista folders. You are looking for C:\Users\...

Click Start, and type %userprofile%
and hit enter.

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"Donaldo" <Donaldo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Location is not available- C:\Documents and Settings\my name\My Documents
> refer to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on
> this
> computer, or on a network.
>
> All my documents are gone.!!
> Please Help Me!
> --
> Don

Vista uses a different file structure than XP does/did. Those familiar
folder
names you may be used to, like "My Documents", "Documents & Settings", etc.
are not folders in Vista. They are junction points, and are used for legacy
programs which were written to utilize the XP file structure. They will
redirect the programs to use the equivalent Vista folders.
If you keep the protected operating system files hidden, you won't see them.

In Vista......
Documents & Settings -> \Users
My Documents -> \Users\youraccount\Documents
My Music -> \Users\youraccount\Music
Application Data -> \Users\youraccount\AppData
etc.


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"Donaldo" <Donaldo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6C74791-5C2D-4CB7-9575-3C1C28AEB3F9@microsoft.com...
> Location is not available- C:\Documents and Settings\my name\My Documents
> refer to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on
> this
> computer, or on a network.
>
> All my documents are gone.!!
> Please Help Me!
> --
> Don

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:51:03 -0700, Donaldo
<Donaldo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Location is not available- C:\Documents and Settings\my name\My Documents
>refer to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this
>computer, or on a network.
>
>All my documents are gone.!!

They are in C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents