Solved Fixing the LINKS shortcut in Vista 32bit

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Stadian

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Hi All,

I have 2 problems I need help solving --

#1 - Links points to My Pictures Location

I unwittingly set my Links shortcut to point to the same folder as My Pictures and for some reason I cannot undo it. If I open my Links, instead of just showing my shortcut, it also shows the folders in My Pictures. Although not crucial to ops, it is rather annoying to see duplicates on my folders in My Pictures.

I found the tutorial on resetting Personal Folders useful but it did not have anything on fixing this type of "merge." The registry entry for Links is just "&Links" which tell me nothing much.

Using regedit, I have managed to fix my personal folder including My Pictures. Only this Links problem persists.

#2 - Wrong icon for C:\Users\My_Name

Second problem --

When I go to the C:\Users\ folders, instead of seeing the folder with my log-on name, I see the folder called DOCUMENTS.

I checked the registry entry for Personal and it points to the correct folder in an E: drive.

I would appreciate some help ... other than recreating my user_id or reinstalling Vista. Thank you in advance for any advice.

Cheers!
 

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Hello Stadian, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Q1) The LNK download at the tutorial link below should help restore the default settings for this for you.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html


Q2) If it's just your C:\Users\(user-name) folder icon, then you can change the icon back to normal using OPTION ONE in the tutorial below.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/90705-personal-user-shell-folders.html

Also double check using METHOD THREE in the tutorial below to make sure that each user folder as the correct default location set for it.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/148461-personal-user-folder-restore-missing-folder.html


Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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Thanks, Shawn.

I managed to get Q1 resolved and all my shell links now point to the correct folders.

For Q2 however, the issue persists. I do not have a problem with my user folders - I have a problem with my user name folder in c:\users -- (see screenshot), rather with how Vista sees my user name folder.

In Explorer, instead of seeing "Mike" under C:\Users for my folder, I see "Documents."

I know that C:\Users\Mike exists (viewable from outside Vista or from a command prompt) -- it's just that Vista insists on calling C:\Users\Mike as C:\Users\Documents.

I find this very odd behavior. I recall I moved my Documents folder a while back but I have since fixed all folder locations including Documents aka Shell:Personal.
 

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I'm happy to hear that you got the first issue sorted.

Here are a few things to check and try that may help with the second issue more:

1. In the Start Menu search line, type shell:UsersFilesFolder to see if it opens your C:\Users\Mike folder.

2. In regedit, go to the location in bold below and click on the long SID key number (S-1-5-21......1000 in left pane) for this account. In the right pane, check to make sure that ProfileImagePath has the correct C:\Users\Mike path there for you. If not right click on ProfileImagePath and click on Modify to make it so.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

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3. Open Local Users and Groups, click on Users (left pane), then see if your Mike account has the correct name listed for it displayed under the Name column and in Properties for Full name should be blank.
Local_Users.jpgLocal_Users2.jpg
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No dice Shawn. I went through all the steps you outlined and all my settings are pristine - meaning I don't have to change anything.

Other symptoms which may help diagnose -

1. I created a new user called Tina (my wife) and set her up as an Admin as well. Without changing any settings on hers, I took a look at C:\Users from her account and C:\Users\Mike showed. However, after rebooting a couple of times - voila - now it shows Documents as well.

2. Another curious thing is that C:\Users\Mike (aka) Documents has a desktop.ini but C:\Users\Tina does not.

Could it be a faulty desktop.ini setting?
 

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Hey Shawn - finally got it solved. It was a faulty desktop.ini setting.

I wasn't sure about desktop.ini and what it was for, but found out from

Vista Vitals: User Files Folders and the Desktop.INI

So I went into my console and set attrib -s -h for desktop.ini in C:\Users\Mike then deleted it.

Now, Explorer shows the correct folders and C:\Users\Mike shows up properly.

Tada! I am a happy guy. :)

Many many thanks for your help.
 

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Stadian,

I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted. Thank you for posting back your solution. :)

Shawn
 

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    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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