Vista - Changed Location of Documents, Now Won't Work

I right clicked on documents in the start menu, and I went to the location
tab, and changed it to an external harddrive. Now, when I hit it, nothing
happens, and it has disappeared from my User Folder. And When I right click
on it in the start menu again and hit properties, then it just has a general
tab thats like blank with no data...

Is the external hard drive connected (and accesible)? This problem happens if:

1. The external drive is not accessible
or
2. Windows has changed the drive-letter assignment for the external hard drive recently.

To fix the problem, you need to alter the shell folder value for "Personal" in this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

See also:

Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/180/1/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:559E762E-0E46-47A2-970C-60155CCEAE4A@microsoft.com...
I right clicked on documents in the start menu, and I went to the location
tab, and changed it to an external harddrive. Now, when I hit it, nothing
happens, and it has disappeared from my User Folder. And When I right click
on it in the start menu again and hit properties, then it just has a general
tab thats like blank with no data...

Okay, I just did that, and now it still wont work, I tried changing it to its
default one as it said on that website, and changing it to the one I want. It
still doesnt work. Also, it may be helpful to note that the documents icon in
my user folder isnt there either...nor has it been since I tried to change
it...I dont know how to get it back...

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Is the external hard drive connected (and accesible)? This problem happens if:
>
> 1. The external drive is not accessible
> or
> 2. Windows has changed the drive-letter assignment for the external hard drive recently.
>
> To fix the problem, you need to alter the shell folder value for "Personal" in this registry key:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
>
> See also:
>
> Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/180/1/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:559E762E-0E46-47A2-970C-60155CCEAE4A@microsoft.com...
> I right clicked on documents in the start menu, and I went to the location
> tab, and changed it to an external harddrive. Now, when I hit it, nothing
> happens, and it has disappeared from my User Folder. And When I right click
> on it in the start menu again and hit properties, then it just has a general
> tab thats like blank with no data...
>

Did you reboot after making those changes?

Type "shell:Personal" in Start, search box. Does the Documents folder open?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B0D106ED-AFF5-46F8-AE0A-312BF09972CC@microsoft.com...
Okay, I just did that, and now it still wont work, I tried changing it to its
default one as it said on that website, and changing it to the one I want. It
still doesnt work. Also, it may be helpful to note that the documents icon in
my user folder isnt there either...nor has it been since I tried to change
it...I dont know how to get it back...

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Is the external hard drive connected (and accesible)? This problem happens if:
>
> 1. The external drive is not accessible
> or
> 2. Windows has changed the drive-letter assignment for the external hard drive recently.
>
> To fix the problem, you need to alter the shell folder value for "Personal" in this registry key:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
>
> See also:
>
> Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/180/1/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:559E762E-0E46-47A2-970C-60155CCEAE4A@microsoft.com...
> I right clicked on documents in the start menu, and I went to the location
> tab, and changed it to an external harddrive. Now, when I hit it, nothing
> happens, and it has disappeared from my User Folder. And When I right click
> on it in the start menu again and hit properties, then it just has a general
> tab thats like blank with no data...
>

hehehehe, so I tried to do that, but compy froze, then i used the button to
shut it down and turned it back on, and it didnt work...then i properly
restarted and now it works...hehehe, thank you for your assistance Solved

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Did you reboot after making those changes?
>
> Type "shell:Personal" in Start, search box. Does the Documents folder open?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B0D106ED-AFF5-46F8-AE0A-312BF09972CC@microsoft.com...
> Okay, I just did that, and now it still wont work, I tried changing it to its
> default one as it said on that website, and changing it to the one I want. It
> still doesnt work. Also, it may be helpful to note that the documents icon in
> my user folder isnt there either...nor has it been since I tried to change
> it...I dont know how to get it back...
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Is the external hard drive connected (and accesible)? This problem happens if:
> >
> > 1. The external drive is not accessible
> > or
> > 2. Windows has changed the drive-letter assignment for the external hard drive recently.
> >
> > To fix the problem, you need to alter the shell folder value for "Personal" in this registry key:
> >
> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
> >
> > See also:
> >
> > Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
> > http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/180/1/
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:559E762E-0E46-47A2-970C-60155CCEAE4A@microsoft.com...
> > I right clicked on documents in the start menu, and I went to the location
> > tab, and changed it to an external harddrive. Now, when I hit it, nothing
> > happens, and it has disappeared from my User Folder. And When I right click
> > on it in the start menu again and hit properties, then it just has a general
> > tab thats like blank with no data...
> >
>