Dave

Did he try to copy them to a "My Documents" folder on the Vista computer?
The Vista "My Documents" is not a folder. Do not try to open it or copy
stuff to it.
It is a junction point for legacy programs that try to install to that
directory. Actually, it points to the "Documents" directory. Perhaps that
is where his files are. That's where they should be.

If you can search & find the documents, then you should know where they are.

If he can't save the edited files, it's probably a permissions problem, and
he needs to take ownership of them.



<joneschik@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My friend copied and transferred all his files from his old XP Pro
> computer under c:\documents and settings\jdoe\my documents into the
> new computer that's got Vista on it to: c:\users\jdoe\ however, they
> don't show up. You can "search" for them & find them and you can open
> and edit them. But you can't save them. Does anyone have any ideas
> for me? We've tried 'un-hiding" hidden folders yet to no avail: we
> still can't see them under the My documents folder. And then, there
> is the problem with not being able to save the documents. Any ideas
> would be appreciated.
>