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Old May 26th 09, 08:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Tim Slattery
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Default Folder management in the User areas

"Ted Smith" wrote:

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am fairly new to Vista. I noticed that
within each User area there are 8 folders that are not accessible and seem
to serve no purpose. They each have a yellow icon that has an arrow that
points up and to the right. They a Application Data, Cookies, Local
Settings, NetHood, PrintHood, SendTo, Start Menu, Templates
Can these folders just be deleted without hurting anything?


No.

Also, there are some folders with blue icons that I will never use, like
Music, Pictures, Saved Games and Videos. Can I delete these?


No. All of these are part of a user profile.

Finally, the rest of the folders with blue icons look like they are system
related and should be left alone. But I need a place for my business
documents and the "Documents" folder seems to be full of system junk that I
would not want in the same place I put my business stuff. What is the real
purpose of that folder, and should I make a brand new folder for the
documents I create myself?


How about using the "My Documents" folder?

Creating your own folder would work fine.

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