Yes, I meant folder.
Vista's named default folders appear as green icons. Non-default folders
have yellow icons. Discs have grey icons. On my system DATA (D
shows up
with a grey disc icon. I suspect this is directly related to the way it
doesn't work as expected.
"Hiren" <hirenme@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I assume that you are talking about the `My Documents` as a
> `folder/directory` and not `file` as mentioned in your first line.What
> exactly do you mean by a folder being `green/gray`?
> There seems to be a volume-labeling issue about the mapping which you have
> done.The reason that the folders you mentioned do not appear at that
> location is because XP did not HAVE those folder created by default for
> users.Vista does have.You also probably need to tinker with templates by
> customising the folders.
>
> "billb" <williamfrancisbennett@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> When I used XP I kept the My Documents file on my D: drive. Apart from
> anything else this made backing-up a cinch. After upgrading to Vista, I
> played around and managed to get the D: drive to appear on my start menu.
>
> It also appears under my Username folder on the start menu. However, it is
> grey rather than green and in both places is is called DATA (D rather
> than
> documents (or possibly Documents).
>
> My Music and Pictures folders are stored as sub-folders in this
> drive/folder
> in the right place, but the other default folders such as Links, Saved
> Games, Searches, Downloads and Favourites are not, for some reason they
> still sit on the C: drive. My Videos folder is on my E: drive where I
> would
> like to keep it.
>
> Ideally I'd like all these folders to sit on D: with a green Documents
> folder and all the sub-folders (except Videos). I've seen plenty of
> online
> tips about moving folders, sometimes they involve tinkering with the
> registry, but not much about fixing wrongly configured folders. This isn't
> just petty nonsense, I really need everything in one place so I can
> organise
> simple and reliable back-ups.
>
> Where do I start?
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