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Hello, I have what appears to be an odd issue, and I can't find reference to it on the web anywhere. Under the Public folder on my Vista machine, I can see the folders Public Downloads, Public Music etc. BUT Public Documents is missing. If I use the cmd shell, I get the same effect: Directory of C:\Users\Public 11/05/2008 16:54 <DIR> . 11/05/2008 16:54 <DIR> .. 13/04/2008 08:37 <DIR> Downloads 11/05/2008 16:54 3,403,458 Library.xml 11/05/2008 17:13 <DIR> Music 15/02/2008 18:16 <DIR> Perl 12/02/2008 19:15 <DIR> Pictures 26/04/2008 08:25 <DIR> Recorded TV 05/04/2008 11:11 <DIR> Videos HOWEVER the documents folder does exist. I can CD into it and see my files. From within explorer, I can enter C:\Users\Public\Documents explicitly and get to the folder, but is does not show up under C:\users\Public. Looking at the folder permissions, documents is marked as "hidden". If I use explorer to show hidden folders, it shows up just fine. Why is is hidden? How can I unhide it? Unchecking "hide" in the folder propertied of the documents folder does not work - it is greyed out. This used to all work just fine, but then the folder suddenly took on this hidden nature. This is a clean vista install, not an upgrade. Any help most appreciated. -- colin.robbins Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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In a Command Prompt window, in the 'C:\Users\Public' directory, type:
attrib -h documents -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] "colin.robbins" <colin.robbins.39jyc5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message news:colin.robbins.39jyc5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
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Regrettable that does not work... C:\Users\Colin>cd c:\users\public c:\Users\Public>attrib -h documents *Not resetting system file - C:\Users\Public\Documents* c:\Users\Public> -- colin.robbins Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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colin.robbins wrote:
to do so. Start Orb>Search box>type: cmd When cmd appears in the Results box above, right-click and Run As Administrator. Then try your attrib -h. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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Hmmm... Mine don't have the system attribute set, but try:
attrib -h -s documents -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] "colin.robbins" <colin.robbins.39mi02@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message news:colin.robbins.39mi02@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
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Thanks guys - the combination of "run as administrator" and the "-s" flag solved the issue. The folder is now shown as "documents" rather than "public documents" is was before, but I can live with that. Cheers Colin -- colin.robbins Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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Glad that's solved.
The name 'Public Documents' comes from the desktop.ini file (which is normally flagged as hidden and system). For Explorer to process the desktop.ini file, the folder must have its read-only or system attribute set. So use: attrib +r documents and if the desktop.ini file is still there, you will get the proper display name. If it was deleted, here are the contents: [.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21801 IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-235 -- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] "colin.robbins" <colin.robbins.39q5we@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message news:colin.robbins.39q5we@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
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Eureka - the attrib +r documents has solved the problem fully. Many thanks for your help. -- colin.robbins Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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You're welcome.
-- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] "colin.robbins" <colin.robbins.39vaoa@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message news:colin.robbins.39vaoa@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
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