| Windows 7: My Documents Folder |
20 Jul 2010
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My Documents Folder I moved the "My Documents" folder to partition D.
(What a mistake though!)
Instead of moving the whole thing as a single folder, it moved it's CONTENTS!
Which means, when I click on D, I see the "CONTENTS of My Documents".
But, I expected to see a folder named "My Documents", and the rest of the drive D (which was luckily empty at the time).
Even worse, it seemed like D had actually transformed into My Documents.
Like, when I attempted to move the other My ... folders, I got a message: Are you sure to move a system folder into another system folder? It is irreversible, and they can not be separated.
(Which truth I had already witnessed with the previous move.)
It also seemed like a ghost of the My Documents folder still existed on the original location (C:\Users...). Like when I created a new folder and tried to name it "My Documents", a duplicate name message would appear.
I put it back with lots of difficulty, and would like to know how to accomplish this task.
Pleeeeeeeeez help. | My System Specs |
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20 Jul 2010
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#2 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 Cornwall UK |
Hi Nina and a very warm welcome to the Forum.
First off, don't panic. After a short while on this forum you will find that there is a solution to most problems.
First off when you got the message "Are you sure to move a system folder into another system folder?" that should have rung bells. The My Document (Re-named "Documents" in Windows 7) is not the same as was on Windows XP.
Other better brains than mine will come to the rescue here I am sure but meantime have you tried a System Restore? That's what I would do first. Please come back here if you need help with that. | My System Specs | | OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8H77-M Memory 8.00 GB Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Dell 24" Hard Drives (1) INTEL SSDSC2CT180A3 ATA Device (2) ST500DM002-1BD142 ATA Device (3) WDC WD3200AAKS-75L9A0 ATA Device (4) Generic- Compact Flash USB Device (5) Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device (6) Generic- SD/MMC USB Device (7) Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Internet Speed 20Mb |
20 Jul 2010
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#3 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
If you used the proper method for moving the folder (thru folder properties > Location tab), you probably made a classic mistake by moving it to the D drive without defining a documents folder on D first and move it to that folder instead of to the drive. Now your folder is equal to the drive - bad news.
I suggest you do the following:
1. Reestablish the default location for the documents folder. Here is how: User Folders - Restore Default Location
2. Cleanup D (after you made sure all your documents files are back to the defauld location)
3. Define a folder on D - call it Documents
4. Go to properties > location tab of your reestablished documents default folder and move it to the newly defined Documents folder on D. That way things will be properly done.
The same can be done for Picures, Videos, Music, etc. But you always have to move them to a defined folder on D - not to the drive. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
20 Jul 2010
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#4 | | Windows 7 Ulti. x64 KANSAS |
Nina59, Welcome to SevenForums, Here is another How to on user folders, Good luck to you User Folders - Change Default Location | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway GT5692 OS Windows 7 Ulti. x64 CPU AMD Phenom 8450 triple-core 2.10 ghz Memory 4GB Graphics Card ATI Radion HD 3200 Monitor(s) Displays Gateway FPD1775W Screen Resolution 1280x720 Hard Drives 465.6613 Gibibytes |
07 Aug 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by whs If you used the proper method for moving the folder (thru folder properties > Location tab), you probably made a classic mistake by moving it to the D drive without defining a documents folder on D first and move it to that folder instead of to the drive. Now your folder is equal to the drive - bad news.
I suggest you do the following:
1. Reestablish the default location for the documents folder. Here is how: User Folders - Restore Default Location
2. Cleanup D (after you made sure all your documents files are back to the defauld location)
3. Define a folder on D - call it Documents
4. Go to properties > location tab of your reestablished documents default folder and move it to the newly defined Documents folder on D. That way things will be properly done.
The same can be done for Picures, Videos, Music, etc. But you always have to move them to a defined folder on D - not to the drive.  Thank you for the wonderful, short, and straight to the point answer!
Nina59 | My System Specs | | |
07 Aug 2010
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#6 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
02 Sep 2010
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If i move My Documents folder on the D / E partition,what's happent with the saved games from My Documents ?
They will save themselves again in another "new create " My Documents folder,in C ? | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel7 920@2.67 Ghz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Memory 8 GB DDR3 Graphics Card GTX 660 Sound Card SoundBlaster X-FI XtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays LG 32 LK430 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 PSU Corsair 650 W Case Cooler Master HAF 922 Hard Drives 1 SSD OCZ Vertex 2
2 x Western Digital 6400 AAKS
1 x Western Digital 3200 AAKS |
02 Sep 2010
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#8 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |

Quote: Originally Posted by stereo If i move My Documents folder on the D / E partition,what's happent with the saved games from My Documents ?
They will save themselves again in another "new create " My Documents folder,in C ? How do you save those games? Usually you can define the folder to where they are being saved. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
02 Sep 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by whs 
Quote: Originally Posted by stereo If i move My Documents folder on the D / E partition,what's happent with the saved games from My Documents ?
They will save themselves again in another "new create " My Documents folder,in C ? How do you save those games? Usually you can define the folder to where they are being saved. I don't know, but i think that's not possible.
But if you can do that,just tell me, please, how do you save some games ( Grid, Crysis ) into another folder ?! | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel7 920@2.67 Ghz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Memory 8 GB DDR3 Graphics Card GTX 660 Sound Card SoundBlaster X-FI XtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays LG 32 LK430 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 PSU Corsair 650 W Case Cooler Master HAF 922 Hard Drives 1 SSD OCZ Vertex 2
2 x Western Digital 6400 AAKS
1 x Western Digital 3200 AAKS |
02 Sep 2010
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#10 | | Windows 7 Enterprise Auckland |
@Stereo: No.
If you follow the instructions above to properly move your documents folder, windows redirects anything that points to "my documents" to the new folder by way of symbolic link or junction. So any file or subfolder that resides in the user documents on C:\ will actually be linked from the new location, including the savegames. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Enterprise CPU Intel Pentium Dual E2200 @2.2GHz Motherboard Gigabyte II-G31 Memory 4GB Graphics Card Palit GForce 9500GT 1GB Sound Card onBoard Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU 450W Case CoolerMaster CM690 Cooling Corsair H50 Hard Drives WesternDigital: 250GB + 1TB + 1TB + 2TB My Documents Folder problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:15 PM. | |