How to restore My Documents? Hard disk Containing My Doc broke down.

wingstorm said:

Oh dear... Didn't catch your reply in time.

I did the above tutorial... "User Folders - Restore Default Location" and now I got a Documents folder INSIDE the Document tab at the side.
Like so:

Libraries
_=>Documents
___=> Documents
___=> Public Documents

Please help! What should I do now? ( Is this normal?)

NOTE! I notice that my C:\Users\(user-name)\My Documents is hidden (shaded) and appears like a shortcut icon. Also I can't access/open this "hidden" My Documents, it gives me a access denied warning. When I open its property, under security, it has the access rights per normal for Admin, (my user name), but the access for "Everyone" is unchecked.

I read on another site, that you may need to delete this "hidden" My Documents. What should I do with it?

Thanks in advance.

The hidden "My Documents" folder with a shortcut arrow is a junction point and is not your true "My Documents" folder.

Could you post a screenshot of your opened C:\Users\(user-name) folder to help see what is going on? It must be from this location, and not a shortcut of the location.

Do OPTION ONE in the tutorial below with the Documents folder to see if that may be able to restore the name back to My Documents afterwards.

User Folders - Restore Default Location

As long as it works like the normal My Documents folder, it will not hurt anything to use like that if you like.

You're most welcome Wingstorm. Please let us know if it decides to restore back on it's own for you within a few days. :)