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| | Reset default location for Documents folder - Vista I cannot connect to the PC where I had my Documents folder - so I need to reset the documents folder back to its original location on my PC - but becuase I can no longer access the current location for the Documents folder I can't access that folder in order to change its location - can anyone help? i.e. how can I restore the default location for the Documents folder when I can no longer access that folder? Thanks |
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| | Re: Reset default location for Documents folder - Vista In the Start Search box, type 'regedit<enter>' to open the Registry Editor Navigate to: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] In the right-hand pane, edit the value named 'Personal', changing its data to: '%USERPROFILE%\Documents' Open the 'Run...' dialog via the Start Menu or <WinKey>+R and paste the following command: rundll32 mydocs,PerUserInit That should recreate the folder, special icon & all. -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] "Mike" <Mike@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:84AD129E-667E-4C68-A204-C0CD2B267287@xxxxxx Quote: >I cannot connect to the PC where I had my Documents folder - so I need to > reset the documents folder back to its original location on my PC - but > becuase I can no longer access the current location for the Documents > folder > I can't access that folder in order to change its location - can anyone > help? > i.e. how can I restore the default location for the Documents folder when > I > can no longer access that folder? > Thanks |
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| | Re: Reset default location for Documents folder - Vista Error message? How are you trying to access the Documents folder? How and when did you move the Documents folder? "Mike" <Mike@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:84AD129E-667E-4C68-A204-C0CD2B267287@xxxxxx Quote: >I cannot connect to the PC where I had my Documents folder - so I need to > reset the documents folder back to its original location on my PC - but > becuase I can no longer access the current location for the Documents > folder > I can't access that folder in order to change its location - can anyone > help? > i.e. how can I restore the default location for the Documents folder when > I > can no longer access that folder? > Thanks |
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| | Re: Reset default location for Documents folder - Vista Error message is: Error 1606.Could not access network location \\DELLXPS\My Documents3\My Pictures\ I am trying to re-install a program (MS Fligth Simulator) which installed some files into the Documents folder (I believe). I can't the uninstall the program because the installer can't find the Documents folder where the items were installed? I moved the Documents folder after I set up file sharing - I maintain a central Documents folder on another machine and access it from this machine. So when file /folder sharing stopped working I can no longer access those documents in that shared folder on the other computer. And so I can't set the default folder for Documents back to the orginal location on this machine (apparently because that location I set it to is no longer accessible from this computer. Regards "Bob" wrote: Quote: > Error message? > How are you trying to access the Documents folder? > How and when did you move the Documents folder? > > "Mike" <Mike@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:84AD129E-667E-4C68-A204-C0CD2B267287@xxxxxx Quote: > >I cannot connect to the PC where I had my Documents folder - so I need to > > reset the documents folder back to its original location on my PC - but > > becuase I can no longer access the current location for the Documents > > folder > > I can't access that folder in order to change its location - can anyone > > help? > > i.e. how can I restore the default location for the Documents folder when > > I > > can no longer access that folder? > > Thanks > |
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| | Re: Reset default location for Documents folder - Vista I tried this Keith but it did not seem to fix the problem - I still get an error mesage saying it can't access the folder (Documents). When I ran the rundll32 program it not seem to do anything. Regards "Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote: Quote: > In the Start Search box, type 'regedit<enter>' to open the Registry Editor > > Navigate to: > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User > Shell Folders] > > In the right-hand pane, edit the value named 'Personal', changing its data > to: > > '%USERPROFILE%\Documents' > > Open the 'Run...' dialog via the Start Menu or <WinKey>+R and paste the > following command: > > rundll32 mydocs,PerUserInit > > That should recreate the folder, special icon & all. > > -- > Good Luck, > > Keith > Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] > > > > "Mike" <Mike@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:84AD129E-667E-4C68-A204-C0CD2B267287@xxxxxx Quote: > >I cannot connect to the PC where I had my Documents folder - so I need to > > reset the documents folder back to its original location on my PC - but > > becuase I can no longer access the current location for the Documents > > folder > > I can't access that folder in order to change its location - can anyone > > help? > > i.e. how can I restore the default location for the Documents folder when > > I > > can no longer access that folder? > > Thanks |
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| | Re: Reset default location for Documents folder - Vista See if you can find some help here: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Error+1606 "Mike" <Mike@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:60FA36C3-C8C6-4996-ADE7-4A55970F374A@xxxxxx Quote: > Error message is: Error 1606.Could not access network location > \\DELLXPS\My > Documents3\My Pictures\ > I am trying to re-install a program (MS Fligth Simulator) which installed > some files into the Documents folder (I believe). I can't the uninstall > the > program because the installer can't find the Documents folder where the > items > were installed? > I moved the Documents folder after I set up file sharing - I maintain a > central Documents folder on another machine and access it from this > machine. > So when file /folder sharing stopped working I can no longer access those > documents in that shared folder on the other computer. And so I can't set > the default folder for Documents back to the orginal location on this > machine > (apparently because that location I set it to is no longer accessible from > this computer. > Regards > > "Bob" wrote: > Quote: >> Error message? >> How are you trying to access the Documents folder? >> How and when did you move the Documents folder? >> >> "Mike" <Mike@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:84AD129E-667E-4C68-A204-C0CD2B267287@xxxxxx Quote: >> >I cannot connect to the PC where I had my Documents folder - so I need >> >to >> > reset the documents folder back to its original location on my PC - but >> > becuase I can no longer access the current location for the Documents >> > folder >> > I can't access that folder in order to change its location - can anyone >> > help? >> > i.e. how can I restore the default location for the Documents folder >> > when >> > I >> > can no longer access that folder? >> > Thanks >> |
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