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"My Documents" Folder Name
If you click on the folder icon in Windows Explorer, you can see that "My Documents" is really C:\Users\Owner\Documents.
How can I get Windows 7 to stop "lying" to me about the names of the folders.
If you click on the folder icon in Windows Explorer, you can see that "My Documents" is really C:\Users\Owner\Documents.
How can I get Windows 7 to stop "lying" to me about the names of the folders.
Its not lying, it is displaying a localized named. This aspect is controlled by an entry in "desktop.ini"
Try this:
Or, if you don't want to go through all that trouble, just right-click on "My Documents", and select Rename...
- Open a Command Prompt
- type CD C:\Users\Owner\Documents then press <Enter>
- type ATTRIB -r -h -s -a DESKTOP.INI then pres <Enter>
- type NOTEPAD DESKTOP.INI then pres <Enter>
- In notepad, change LocalizedResourceName to _LocalizedResourceName
- Close notepad, and save changes
- Go back to the command prompt
- type ATTRIB +r +h +s +a DESKTOP.INI then press <Enter>
- type exit the press <Enter>
- Close all Explorer windows
- Reopen an explorer window, and check to see what the display name of Documents is.
Um, where do you see it listed as "My Documents"? If I go to my Libraries its listed as just "Documents". same deal with my start menu, it just shows Documents, Pictures, etc. There is no My in front of them.
Dzomlija, there seems to be an error in your instructions (line 5). Please have a look.
alphanumeric, just browse there using something other than Libraries. For example start with Network or Desktop or Local Disk.
It's the underlineing that's making it hard to read.
Try this:
- Open a Command Prompt
- type CD C:\Users\Owner\Documents then press <Enter>
- type ATTRIB -r -h -s -a DESKTOP.INI then pres <Enter>
- type NOTEPAD DESKTOP.INI then pres <Enter>
- In notepad, change LocalizedResourceName to _LocalizedResourceName . In fact, if you change the value of this setting, you can make "My Documents" to be named anyting!
- Close notepad, and save changes
- Go back to the command prompt
- type ATTRIB +r +h +s +a DESKTOP.INI then press <Enter>
- type exit the press <Enter>
- Close all Explorer windows
- Reopen an explorer window, and check to see what the display name of Documents is.
Or, if you don't want to go through all that trouble, just right-click on "My Documents", and select Rename...
What will the risks and side-effects be if I just right click to rename My Documents to Documents?
Will popular applications fail? Will apps need to be reinstalled?
I would expect fewer side-effects if I follow your desktop.ini procedure (unless the two methods result in identical operating system setups). Are there no benefits to doing it via desktop.ini, and if so then why did you suggest it?
Please explain your method. Are you adding the underscore to the front of the identifier LocalizedResourceName simply to ensure that any Windows code that looks for it will fail to find it?