Confused about folder structure (winamp related)

In Vista (and in Windows 7), "Documents and Settings" is not a folder.
Vista/Win7 uses a different file structure than XP does/did. Those familiar
folder names you may be used to, like "My Documents", "Documents &
Settings", etc. are not folders in Vista/Win7. They are junction points,
and are used for legacy programs which were written to utilize the XP file
structure.
They will redirect the programs to use the equivalent Vista/Win7 folders.
If you keep the protected operating system files hidden, you won't see them.

In Vista/Win7......
Documents & Settings -> \Users
My Documents -> \Users\youraccount\Documents
My Music -> \Users\youraccount\Music
Application Data -> \Users\youraccount\AppData
etc.

Hi dnorris,

Thanks for the explanation.

I've changed my options to hide "protected operating system files" but winamp still sees those two folder structures, so still adds tracks twice. Any further ideas, please?

I can also still navigate to (by pasting it)

C:\Documents and Settings\Jody\My Documents\My Music\albums

I've also posted this on a winamp forum btw, but after nearly a week, still no reply.

Thanks

Jody

Hi CarlTR6. That's how I understand it too, but winamp doesn't seem to think that way.

Taking an example, I have the following song appearing in winamp twice:

Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers Creepers

I right click the top song and request file location and get:
C:\Users\Jody\Music\albums\Frank Sinatra\Songs for Young Lovers-Swing Easy!\Jeepers Creepers Frank Sinatra.mp3

I right click the bottom song and request file location and get:
C:\Documents and Settings\Jody\My Documents\My Music\albums\Frank Sinatra\Songs for Young Lovers-Swing Easy!\Jeepers Creepers Frank Sinatra.mp3

This is what is happening for every song I own. Winamp is placing two files in the directory, thinking they are two seperate files in two seperate places.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks

Clearly Winamp is broken on 7

I'd file a bug report with them directly. They should not be using the old folder structure at all on 7.

I would download XP mode and run Winamp there. It was apparently not properly adapted to Windows7.

fseal said:

Clearly Winamp is broken on 7

No it isn't, at least not for me it isn't. I have all my music on a separate hard drive and linked in the Music library, and it only lists everything once.

This almost sounds like it was an upgrade install of Windows 7 from XP, and the C:\Documents and Settings folder from the windows.old folder got copied over to the new install.