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| 422445 | 2006-01-19 04:00:00 | Hello everybody, When I go into My Computer, My documents have gone I think I may have dragged it onto the desktop and now I cannot drag it back or do anything to get it back. Does anyone have any ideas? When I am logged in as a computer administrator I cannot see my documents but all of the other users documents are there including shared documents (thats on mine too). Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get it back to normal? ~Matt :-) |
matty3 (5363) | ||
| 422446 | 2006-01-19 04:12:00 | I dunno but this is an old posting from PCWorld's forum. Same issue. forums.pcworld.co.nz HTH |
mark c (247) | ||
| 422447 | 2006-01-19 04:18:00 | One of the problems that things aren't where you expect them to be. :( Have a look for the files first. Explore through My Computer/C:\/Documents and Settings/Administrator/ .The actual directory "My Documents" should be there (That's the actual physical place). If it is, you might be able to make a shortcut and put that in your Desktop. I'm sure there's a proper XP way to do it. :cool: Serves you right for getting a new computer. :D You knew how the old one worked. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 422448 | 2006-01-19 04:26:00 | I take it you have moved the physical folder from C:\documents & settings\username? If you have, then you will just have to search for something that you had in my documents & take note of where it has moved to . Once you know where it has moved to, you can move it back to where it came from, or move it to a better place, right click on my documents (on the desktop), select properties, and enter the new location of my documents . |
Greven (91) | ||
| 422449 | 2006-01-20 01:21:00 | I can find the My Documents folder alright and I already have a working shortcutty thing on the desktop and I can find it everywhere else its just that it is missing from My Computer folder and from the Administrators My Computer Folder. I cannot drag or make a shortcut to it from its location to My Computer folder because it won't let me. ~Matt :-) |
matty3 (5363) | ||
| 422450 | 2006-01-20 01:37:00 | So you double-click "my computer" and you can't see the "my documents" folder, right? Not sure if this helps, but try the following: START... RUN... CMD CLS SET USERPROFILE [this'll show where it should be] CD %USERPROFILE% [if you get "The system cannot find the path specified." then your user profile's in the wrong place; if you get no message, it's a good sign] CD "My Documents" [again, no message is good] DIR /B /A:-D [there's a space " " before each slash. hopefully something will look familiar] |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 422451 | 2006-01-20 01:41:00 | Have you somehow managed to give the icon in your Adminstrator's "My Computer"? That might stop you putting another one there . Perhaps I didn't make my suggested way of getting to the actual location clear . I meant for thos who like clicking on things, going through the "My Computer" on your (Administrator) "Desktop" to the "C: disk" to "Documents and Settings", then to "Administrator" . That one should contain the actual Administrator "My Documents" directory, as well as A's "Desktop", etc, etc . In DOS it would be: "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator" . If you have a an working icon somewhere else (especially the one with a hand on it), you should be able to "Copy" and "Paste" that wherever . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 422452 | 2006-01-20 02:05:00 | Here is a picture = HERE! (www.imagef1.net.nz) ~Matt :-) |
matty3 (5363) | ||
| 422453 | 2006-01-20 02:15:00 | Sorry I don't really understand. ~Matt :-) |
matty3 (5363) | ||
| 422454 | 2006-01-20 02:21:00 | Why don't you right click on the folder, and send it to your desktop ? Hook |
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