Win 7 won't let me rename a folder to 'My Music'

I've just rechecked the Option 2 instructions more carefully. Since the declared purpose was to "Restore the Default Location of User Folders", when I saw Step 8 entitled "To Restore the Default My Music Folder Location" I assumed that executing the file downloaded in Step 8 was the end of the process. I therefore never read Steps 16-28 until now!

That just proves you should never make assumptions...

I have rebooted the machine and C:\Users\David\Music does indeed have a 'Location' tab in its properties. However, I will now have a go at running Steps 16-28.

David

I've now re-run Option 2 properly. The My Music system folder setting in the registry had been pointing at my Documents folder rather than my David folder and that explains some of my previous problems.

Once again, I attempted to rename the C:\Users\David\My Documents\Music folder to My Music and once again I was told that My Music already existed and was offered an opportunity, as before, to merge the folders. This time it let the merge proceed. The end result was that the contents of C:\Users\David\My Documents\Music was moved to C:\Users\David\Music.

That's still not what I was aiming for but I think the quirky behaviour has now gone away. A second look at the setup on my desktop PC shows that I have been using a library called Music to reference a folder called C:\Users\David\My Documents\My Music (which is NOT a system folder). There is a system folder called C:\Users\David\My Music but that is not in active use.

This raises an entirely new question. Am I missing some useful benefits on my desktop PC by not using a system folder for storing music files?

David

I now have a conventional My Music system folder on my laptop that is working fine in the David folder. However, as explained in my last post, this does not match the configuration on my desktop, where no system folder is in active use for music storage.

I want to be able to use file synch software to ensure that all my personal files (incl music files) on the laptop are a clone of those on my desktop PC. This process would be made much simpler if the folder structures were identical, which currently they are not.

This means that I am faced with the decision to stop using a system folder for music on my laptop or start using a system folder on my desktop. That is why I asked my question about the benefits of using system folders.

David

I don't have any issues with library folders. It is the use of the special 'system folders' we have been discussing in this thread that is the key difference between how I store music files on my desktop PC vs my laptop.

David