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Accidentally changed user folder to drive. Help?



 
 
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Old November 22nd 08, 07:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Crowzah
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Default Accidentally changed user folder to drive. Help?


Hello everybody! (names for things might be different in English. Sorry
if I confuse)

I just got Vista Ultimate x64 on my system, and I've been changing the
placement of the user folders to my secondary drive, because I want to
keep the main drive as a system and application drive, and not a
media/document drive.

This worked nicely (I even followed a tutorial here to change the
icons!) until i accidentally changed the directory of the documents
folder to E:\ (the secondary drive) and not E:\documents as i should.
Now the entire E-drive is listed in the user folders, and I can not
change it (that would mean changing the directory of the drive, and that
is nonsensical)

All this would have been no problem if I could change which folders
were listed in the user folders folder, but I am unable to delete
entries, and to give new entries the same options as old ones (like a
tab for placement in properties).

TL;DR/summary:
How do I delete the E:\ drive entry in user folders, and how do I make
a new one for documents?

Thank you in advance!

Edit: My DVD-station is D:\ in case you wondered why i called the
tertiary letter the secondary drive.


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Old November 22nd 08, 10:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Brink
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Default Accidentally changed user folder to drive. Help?


Crowzah;892796 Wrote:
Hello everybody! (names for things might be different in English. Sorry
if I confuse)

I just got Vista Ultimate x64 on my system, and I've been changing the
placement of the user folders to my secondary drive, because I want to
keep the main drive as a system and application drive, and not a
media/document drive.

This worked nicely (I even followed a tutorial here to change the
icons!) until i accidentally changed the directory of the documents
folder to E:\ (the secondary drive) and not E:\documents as i should.
Now the entire E-drive is listed in the user folders, and I can not
change it (that would mean changing the directory of the drive, and that
is nonsensical)

All this would have been no problem if I could change which folders
were listed in the user folders folder, but I am unable to delete
entries, and to give new entries the same options as old ones (like a
tab for placement in properties).

TL;DR/summary:
How do I delete the E:\ drive entry in user folders, and how do I make
a new one for documents?

Thank you in advance!

Edit: My DVD-station is D:\ in case you wondered why i called the
tertiary letter the secondary drive.


Hello Crowzah,

You can use Option Two in this tutorial below to change the Documents
(Personal) folder to the correct path in the registry.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ng-folder.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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Old November 23rd 08, 09:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Crowzah
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Default Accidentally changed user folder to drive. Help?


Cheers, Brink
(option two doesnt work. Trying option 3)

I really hope this will not delete my E-drive... If it does, I will
(maybe) hold you (a little) (emotionally) responsible :P


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Old November 23rd 08, 10:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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You're welcome Crowzah. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted now.

Shawn


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