Solved Incorrect File Names in Documents Library

[RalphJones]

A problem has recently cropped up on my Windows 7 machine. When I open the "Documents" library, it does not show the combined view of My Documents and Public Documents. It shows a list of files, but no folders. Not all of my files are shown, just some of them. However, the file names are correctly linked, in that if I delete one, that file is deleted. If I "open file location" from the library, the correct folder opens.

I've included screen captures of the Documents, My Documents, and Public Documents libraries. You'll notice that I have a second hard drive (F where all of my documents are stored.

What happened? How do I fix this?

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
Right click the Libraries listing on the left column and click on Restore default libraries,
See what that does,
Cheers.

 

[Brink]

Hello Ralph, and welcome to Seven Forums.

While in your Documents library, you can click on Group by -> (None) to have the included folders show together again.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3952-file-folder-arrangement-group-sort-arrange.html

 

[ThrashZone]

Ha,
I was under the impression My Documents is missing from the Locations link which only shows 2 instead of 3 ?
1 - My Documents = missing or redirected to (F) ?
2 - Public Documents
3 - Documents (F)
:/

 

[Brink]

Sorry, I misread this. You wanted the folders to show separately instead of together in your Documents library.

Click on Group by -> Folder instead.

 

[RalphJones]

Okay, maybe I wasn't clear enough. When I click on the "Documents" library, all it shows is some of the files that are in subfolders on the F: drive. It should show all of the folders and files that are in the root directory of the F: drive. Instead, it does not show any of the folders that are actually in the root directory of the F: drive, rather is shows some (but not all) of the files that are located in sub-folders several levels down from the root directory of the F: drive. What it should be showing is a combined view of the "My Documents" and the "Public Documents" libraries. So it's not a grouping issue. It's an issue of the "Documents" view showing things that are NOT in the root of the "Documents", and NOT showing ANY of the files and folders that actually are in the root.

If I click on the "My Documents" or "Public Documents" libraries, they display correctly. It's only the combined view that's messed up.

In response to ThrashZone, I right-clicked on Libraries and selected "Restore default libraries." Nothing changed.

 

[Brink]

Your screenshots all show inside the Documents library, and not the actual folder locations. When you select a folder under the Documents library in the navigation pane, you're only looking at that included folder inside the Document library.

Please try the Group by -> Folder idea to see if that may help show them how you wanted when you open the Documents library.

 

[DavidE]

Hope you don't mind the interruption...
A few things I noticed in the first screen print in Post #1.

The icon for Documents (F) is not the normal folder icon.
What is that icon and does it mean something ?

There is a file named --------.---
What is a --- File Type ?

There is a _HPGRVS.EXE file.
From what I found this may be something from a Torrent.

I don't know if any of this affects the way Libraries work...
Back to lurking.

 

[RalphJones]

When I do a Group by Folder, nothing happens, because there are NO folders shown in the combined "Documents" library, even though there are lots of folders in the "My Documents" and "Public Documents" libraries. The only thing showing in the combined "Documents" library view is some of the files that are buried several folder levels down. No folders from either the "My Documents" or "Public Documents" are shown. The folders are shown in the individual library views though. The "My Documents" library is located on the root of the F: drive, while "Public Documents" is located in the standard location, C:\Users\Public\Documents.

 

[RalphJones]

DavidW7ncus,

I'm getting ready to go out for the evening. I'll look into your comments later. Thanks for noticing. You gave me an idea.

 

[Brink]

@David,

Good catch on the icon. I'm betting that the folder is not set to the default location anymore.


@Ralph,

In that case, and from what David posted, check to make sure that you have your "C:\Users\(user-name)\Documents" folder included in your Documents library.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/585-library-include-folder.html

If that doesn't help, then double check using OPTION TWO in the tutorial below to make sure that your "C:\Users\(user-name)\Documents" folder is set to it's default location.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18583-user-folders-restore-default-location.html

 

[RalphJones]

@Brink, I had moved my "My Documents" folder from it's default location to the F: drive years ago. This issue just cropped up the other day. "My Documents", regardless of it's physical location, was, and always has been, included in my "Documents" library. However, I went ahead and did a restore to the defaults. Here's what happened.

I reset "My Documents" back to the default location of C:\Users\Ralph\Documents (which is an empty folder). The icon for it reverted to the correct one. Then went into the "Documents" library, which should have shown the folders and files in the "My Documents" (C:\Users\Ralph\Documents) and "Public Documents" (C:\Users\Public\Documents) libraries. It's still showing files that are not in the root of either sub-library, but different ones than before (see attached JPG). It's showing files that are still located on the second hard drive (F:, buried down in sub-folders several layers down from the root (F:\).

For example, the file named "+.hfo", at the top of the list, should not be listed in the "Documents" library. It's actual location is way down in the "Public Documents" library (C:\Users\Public\Documents\Pinnacle\Content\HollywoodFX\Objects\School). Another file, "01 - Holiday Background R.Montage.axt", is located in 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\Pinnacle\Content\IMG-Templates\Red Giant Holidays - Backgrounds".

I'm going to try uninstalling Pinnacle and emptying out the Public Documents folder.

 

[RalphJones]

Updated Information

I moved all of my libraries back to their default locations (C:\Users\Ralph). There are no files left on the F: drive or the Public Documents folder. I even rebooted a couple of times.

I took a screen capture of the "Documents" library and the "My Documents" folder contents. Given that the Public Documents folder is empty, they should be identical, as the "Documents" folder is a combined view of the "My Documents" and "Public Documents" libraries. I've verified that it's correct by checking the properties of the "Documents" library.

The files shown in the Documents library window are valid files that are actually stored in the many folders and sub-folders in My Documents. Notice that none of the folders in My Documents is shown, but all of the folder contents are, as if all 42,000 files are in the root of My Documents.

Still need help fixing this. I have no idea what's wrong or how this happened.

 

[RalphJones]

Oh yeah, all this is after I uninstalled the Pinnacle software and all of it's components. Then rebooted, of course.

 

[Brink]

While you have the Documents library open like in your top screenshot, right click on an empty area, click on Group by, and click on Folder to have it look like below.

 

[RalphJones]

Hmm, just noticed something else. When I look at the properties for "My Music", there is no Location tab. There is for the other libraries. In order to get the proper icon showing for the Music library, I had to go into Customize and manually set the icon.

 

[Brink]

"My Music" would be for you "C:\Users\(user-name)\Music" folder instead of the library. You should see the Location tab when you check properties at the "C:\Users\(user-name)\Music" location.

Do you have a Location tab from there instead?

 

[RalphJones]

@Brink,

I have checked the properties of My Music from several locations. Here's the results.

C:\Users\Ralph (in left pane) no Location tab
C:\Users\Ralph (in right pane) no Location tab
Libraries\Music (in left pane) no location tab
Ralph\Music (in left pane) no location tab

Did the folder view, and now it shows the folders and files in the right pane. It's subdivided into the My Documents and Public Document folders/files, so I guess I'll close this out and open a new one to figure out why I don't have a Location tab for My Music.

 

[RalphJones]

Well, I guess that worked. Thanks all who responded. I'm going to investigate other threads to see if I can't solve the issue as to why I don't have a Location tab for my Music library.

 

[Brink]

I'm happy to hear that the library issue is now sorted.

For the Location tab issue, see if doing OPTION TWO below to restore the default location of your "C:\Users\(user-name)\Music" folder will do the trick. It doesn't sound like it successfully got moved back.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18583-user-folders-restore-default-location.html