Windows Vista Forums
Vista Forums Home Join Vista Forums Windows 7 Forum Vista Tutorials Tags
Welcome to Windows Vista Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find solutions with any problems, errors or issues you are experiencing with Windows Vista. The Vista forum also covers news and updates and has an extensive Windows Vista tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks.

Go Back   Vista Forums > Vista Newsgroups > Vista file management

Vista - Files in Pictures folder are on the desktop

Reply
 
Old 03-29-2008   #1 (permalink)
Bob Alexander


 
 

Files in Pictures folder are on the desktop

I was moving the "pictures" item on the start menu to a folder on my second
disk D. When I closed the folder I found icons for all my picture folders
arranged on the desktop. They are actual folders, not shortcuts. In Windows
Explorer I can see the folders in their actual location on disk D, and also
at the bottom of the left pane. If I delete one from the bottom left pane,
the one in the Disk D in the right pane disappears also. If I delete an icon
from the desktop, the folder disappears from D
--
Bobbie

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 04-03-2008   #2 (permalink)
Malu Menezes [MSFT]


 
 

Re: Files in Pictures folder are on the desktop

Hi,

I don't know what's happening, but maybe you can try to restore your system
to a date previous to that and see if it still happens? I find that system
restore helps a lot, many times...

--Malu




"Bob Alexander" <BobAlexander@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C54698CA-5E7D-4402-AA66-145D214ADE68@xxxxxx
Quote:

>I was moving the "pictures" item on the start menu to a folder on my second
> disk D. When I closed the folder I found icons for all my picture folders
> arranged on the desktop. They are actual folders, not shortcuts. In
> Windows
> Explorer I can see the folders in their actual location on disk D, and
> also
> at the bottom of the left pane. If I delete one from the bottom left pane,
> the one in the Disk D in the right pane disappears also. If I delete an
> icon
> from the desktop, the folder disappears from D
> --
> Bobbie
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 04-03-2008   #3 (permalink)
Keith Miller \(MVP\)


 
 

Re: Files in Pictures folder are on the desktop

Sounds like 'Pictures' & 'Desktop' are both pointing to the same folder.

In the Start Search box, type: 'regedit<enter>' to launch the Registry
Editor.

Navigate to:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]

and edit the path for 'Desktop' and whatever other folders are giving you
problems.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Bob Alexander" <BobAlexander@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C54698CA-5E7D-4402-AA66-145D214ADE68@xxxxxx
Quote:

>I was moving the "pictures" item on the start menu to a folder on my second
> disk D. When I closed the folder I found icons for all my picture folders
> arranged on the desktop. They are actual folders, not shortcuts. In
> Windows
> Explorer I can see the folders in their actual location on disk D, and
> also
> at the bottom of the left pane. If I delete one from the bottom left pane,
> the one in the Disk D in the right pane disappears also. If I delete an
> icon
> from the desktop, the folder disappears from D
> --
> Bobbie
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Reply

Thread Tools


Similar Threads
Thread Forum
Program Files folder switched to Pictures Folder type... Vista file management
Saving pictures to desktop folder Vista music pictures video
can't move pictures from disc to pictures folder on vista Vista General
desktop files moved to another folder under \favorites\desktop. Vista General
File Browser in IE issues with Desktop Folder not showing files. Vista General


Vista Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized,
sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation.
"Windows Vista", the Start Orb, and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
© Designer Media Ltd

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46