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| Guest | documents location I changed the location of my Documents folder when I setup the machine. But I don't like where it ended you, so I want to move it again. But it won't let me edit the location again, and there is no "move" button now. What happened? It is Vista Business and joined a SBS domain. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. |
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| Guest | RE: documents location Go to the Start Orb and type shell ersonal into start search. Then check forthe customize tab. -- Paul "Rob" wrote:
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| Guest | RE: documents location That opens a windows with the location of the "Documents" folder. And I cannot find a customize tab. The only place I find customize is under the Organize/properties. And that does not let me change the location. I can highlight it but I cannot type over it or delete it. Is there something I'm missing? "PaulB" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: documents location Hi, Rob/PaulB - Great! Have finally found others who have stumbled onto this new little feature. Have been slowly integrating Vista into one of my customer's SBS2k3 networks and have noticed the same thing. So far, unable to find an answer on the web. Here's what it looks like to me - Window Vista, operating in Active Directory with user file redirection enabled looks like it masquerades the redirected folder when a Vista user has logged on. The folder still exists but it's very difficult to resolve for any other authenticated user as well as the domain administrator/equivalent. Am trying to stay objective about this little feature but it is very confusing. Have found that if I look at a folder properties, it is possible to identify the owner by looking at who has full rights to the area. Even this can be misleading if multiple users have full access (shouldn't happen with folder redirection but it could). The problem is further aggrevated when there are multiple Vista users with redirected folders. Now you can have multiple entries for the 'Documents' folder and there's no way to easily differentiate between the users. I can kinda see why the true folder name is concealed - when a Vista (business or higher) user logs on, the redirected folder (usually their Home directory) is labeled 'Document' to discourage others from attempting to open a file that the user (owner) may have open. Haven't figured out Microsoft's real logic here, but the strategy is kinda clear. Once a Vista user logs off, the real folder name is easily identified by browsing the structure. Confusing to say the least and I'm not sure that I agree with the logic. The whole idea throws a wrench into the works and I haven't figured out how to use the tool. I'd like to see more discussion on it. The topic may be discussed in one of Microsoft's certification courses... i.e., 70-622 (I think) but until then yer guess is as good as mine. One thing I have noticed is that 'if a user has mapped a drive to the target redidrected folder, then the mapped drive still resolves the content normally'. The problem is with trying to locate the folder by simply using the more familiar browse function. From a security/stability viewpoint, nobody except the folder owner should have full control over their home directory...at least that makes sense normally. A problem does arise when a company admin policy has very relaxed file sharing and control rules (Group Policies), but that's another issue. Larry "Rob" <Rob@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:560CA1F2-C3F5-4FDA-81CE-AE1DADAFD803@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: documents location Unless I am misunderstanding your question on the documents folder what you are experiencing is only the name change that occurred going from Windows XP to Windows Vista. The 'My Documents' folder is now called 'Documents' and is still in the user profile just as it was with Windows XP and is unique to each login. The main differences are that is takes a couple more steps to see hidden and system files with Windows Vista and that the profiles are stored in Users instead of Documents and Settings. That being said, the previous post about not being able to change it may be the result of a domain or group policy and not something on the local mahcine if you are using active directory. "Larry Martin" wrote:
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