Vista - Documents Folder

I had my Documents, Pictures, etc. folders relocated to another hard drive
and the drive letter got changed when I installed a flash card reader that
took it's drive letter. Now Windows doesn't recognize the location of these
folders. How do I reset the location of these folders so that Windows can use
them again?

In the 'Start Search' box, type

regedit<Enter>

Navigate to:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
"

& edit the affected paths to reflect the new drive letter.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"S Murder" <SMurder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7472D189-E0C7-4266-9FCD-BED46634DBE6@microsoft.com...
>I had my Documents, Pictures, etc. folders relocated to another hard drive
> and the drive letter got changed when I installed a flash card reader that
> took it's drive letter. Now Windows doesn't recognize the location of
> these
> folders. How do I reset the location of these folders so that Windows can
> use
> them again?

oh, common MVP - there is a much simpler way. Hacking registry is not
necessary and can't be guaranteed to be complete.

Just let him know how to assign another drive letter to a flash reader, so
he can assign original drive letter to the drive with documents.

"Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> In the 'Start Search' box, type
>
> regedit<Enter>
>
> Navigate to:
>
> "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> Folders "
>
> & edit the affected paths to reflect the new drive letter.
>
>
> --
> Good Luck,
>
> Keith
> Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
>
> "S Murder" <SMurder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7472D189-E0C7-4266-9FCD-BED46634DBE6@microsoft.com...
>>I had my Documents, Pictures, etc. folders relocated to another hard drive
>> and the drive letter got changed when I installed a flash card reader
>> that
>> took it's drive letter. Now Windows doesn't recognize the location of
>> these
>> folders. How do I reset the location of these folders so that Windows can
>> use
>> them again?
>

Actually his way is better. since Windows will likely automatically reassign
the drive letters again.

"bazad" wrote:

> oh, common MVP - there is a much simpler way. Hacking registry is not
> necessary and can't be guaranteed to be complete.
>
> Just let him know how to assign another drive letter to a flash reader, so
> he can assign original drive letter to the drive with documents.
>
> "Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:%23oMQOUdbHHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > In the 'Start Search' box, type
> >
> > regedit<Enter>
> >
> > Navigate to:
> >
> > "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> > Folders "
> >
> > & edit the affected paths to reflect the new drive letter.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Good Luck,
> >
> > Keith
> > Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> >
> > "S Murder" <SMurder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7472D189-E0C7-4266-9FCD-BED46634DBE6@microsoft.com...
> >>I had my Documents, Pictures, etc. folders relocated to another hard drive
> >> and the drive letter got changed when I installed a flash card reader
> >> that
> >> took it's drive letter. Now Windows doesn't recognize the location of
> >> these
> >> folders. How do I reset the location of these folders so that Windows can
> >> use
> >> them again?
> >
>
>