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07-12-2008
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| | Vista special folders--Documents, Music, Pictures, etc. Hi. I use a backup program to copy my entire Documents directory. When it does so, it adds a time stamp to the file name, which is visible when I go into the newly copied folder. However, when I'm in the copied folders parent directory, I simply see "Documents" with a green icon instead of something like "Documents 2008-07-12". How can I stop Vista from treating this folder as a special folder? I want the proper file name to appear, not "Documents". Thanks. |
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07-12-2008
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| | RE: Vista special folders--Documents, Music, Pictures, etc. Open Folder options in the control panel and select view. The uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". Then inside the Documents 2008-07-12 folder delete the desktop.ini file. Recheck the "Hide..." box. -- Paul "weezer1717" wrote: Quote: > Hi. > > I use a backup program to copy my entire Documents directory. When it does > so, it adds a time stamp to the file name, which is visible when I go into > the newly copied folder. However, when I'm in the copied folders parent > directory, I simply see "Documents" with a green icon instead of something > like "Documents 2008-07-12". How can I stop Vista from treating this folder > as a special folder? I want the proper file name to appear, not "Documents". > > Thanks. |
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07-13-2008
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| | Re: Vista special folders--Documents, Music, Pictures, etc. Delete the hidden (and probably protected) desktop.ini file in that folder. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "weezer1717" <weezer1717@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B45C602D-37C3-47C2-A46A-53A0B514141F@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi. > > I use a backup program to copy my entire Documents directory. When it > does > so, it adds a time stamp to the file name, which is visible when I go into > the newly copied folder. However, when I'm in the copied folders parent > directory, I simply see "Documents" with a green icon instead of something > like "Documents 2008-07-12". How can I stop Vista from treating this > folder > as a special folder? I want the proper file name to appear, not > "Documents". > > Thanks. |
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