09-27-2007
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Re: Moved Contacts to C:\Users over my profile and I have a copy o
"Josh Young" wrote: Quote:
> I have attached a picture of the 2 user explorer folders, 1 user folder
> showing the users in the C:\user folder on the file system, and 1 user
> profile folder showing what is in C:\Users\Josh Young folder. If you look
> at the address bar where it shows you the explorer version of the location
> it shows my username "Josh Young" twice (another one under my user profile).
> This means that somehow the system has be tricked into thinking that there
> is another user folder under my profile when actually on the file system
> there isn't.
>
> I think I did this by accidentally moving my user folder on to the C:\Users
> folder instead of creating a folder by the same name as my profile name like
> C:\Users\Josh Young and then moving to C:\Users\Josh Young instead of
> C:\Users. I know your thinking why the hell would you do this... I'll tell
> you why lol. I was just trying to see if I could move my user profile
> location to my storage drive so I don't ever have to backup being that it is
> instantly done everytime I do anything. Well that doesn't work too well
> obviously, but I have moved most of my subfolders under my profile to the
> storage drive and it keeps me from having to run a process schedule for
> backing up all the time when it does it instantly as I change my files.
>
> Thanks for your response,
> Josh Young
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e6TH8943HHA.1204@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Josh
> >
> > From yopur description, it's not real clear what you are seeing?
> >
> > When you open Windows Explorer, you should see your user profile folder at
> > the top of the Navigation Pane on the left side of the window. This same
> > folder also exists in the C:\Users\your username. These are not duplicate
> > folders. The folders at the top of the navigation pane are simply a mirror
> > copy of the actual folders that exist at C:\Users\your username. They are
> > mirrored there for convenience.
> >
> > If you want the user folder at the top of the navigation pane to show the
> > same folders that you see in the C:\Users location, you need to go to
> > Organize/Folder and Search Options/View Tab. Select the Show Hidden Files
> > and Folders option there.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ronnie Vernon
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Shell/User
> >
> >
> > "Josh Young" <joshyoung77@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:CAACED96-A7CB-4510-9086-D43075656A8B@xxxxxx Quote:
> >>I don't know how I did this but I have my user profile showing up under my
> >>user profile when looking at it in the explorer, but it isn't showing up
> >>in the file system like that. How do I get rid of this extra profile
> >>folder that keeps showing up in my home folder when I open up my home
> >>folder from the start menu? Remember it is only when looking at it in the
> >>home folder in windows, not when you go to the file system and go to your
> >>profile folder.
> >>
> >> I also moved my contacts folder back to my profile but I accidentally
> >> moved it to the same location as my profile and I don't have a contacts
> >> folder anymore and don't know how to make another one. I keep getting
> >> new contacts in my C:\Users\<Profile> directory too. How do I tell the
> >> system where my contacts folder is by assigning it another folder and
> >> getting the icon back as well?
> >>
> >> This is a highly complex system and it can be easily messed up if you
> >> have any IT experience
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