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Is There a Limit to the Size of a My Documents Folder?
Confession: I've only recently installed Windows 7/Pro x64.
I tried using Apache Open Office Writer, saving my documents in the Microsoft *.doc format. A few days into the evaluation I tried to save a file and discovered that a branch in my "My Documents" folder had disappeared.
I tried installing and using Office 2000. Other than the hassle of encountering this dropdown each time I open Word or Excel it seems to allow me to create and save documents. When Microsoft drops support for software, they seem to forget that they created it.
User Account Control
Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?
Program name: WINWORD.EXE
Publisher: Unknown
File origin: Hard drive on this computer
At least once since starting to use Word 2000, I've discovered that another branch of My Documents has disappeared.
I just looked at the drive on which I store these document files using TreeSizeFree. My Documents is about 101 Gb. Is there a folder size limit under Windows 7 (or perhaps any MS operating system) for folders saved in the *.doc format?
Here's how I 'established' that the branches have 'disappeared' without a trace:
I searched for a word unique to one of the deleted documents. I used Windows Explorer and I used a global display of both my OS/Programs drive (128 Gb Crucial M550 SSD) and my data drive, 500 Gb WD 610 Gb 7.2K (WDC WD6400AAKS-00E4A0) SATA-2 using ZTreeWin. TreeSizeFree shows <233 Gb on the latter drive.
I've done nothing different in the way I've used Word from the way I used it under XP/Pro SP3.
Should I be considering dividing up My Documents into smaller collections like My Documents Letters, My Documents Finances, etc? I guess I could create a set of Libraries to match and point to the proper file tree on my data drive.
Just now I'm very uncomfortable. The idea of doing hourly backups is distasteful.
thanks
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