Questions tagged [my-documents]
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Keep programs from using My Documents
Is there any way to keep programs from using the My Documents folder (on Windows 7)? Some programs put their stuff in %USERNAME%\My Documents, and I would rather this go to some place like %APPDATA%.
I know I could manually symlink each folder a…
Mateen Ulhaq
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Display "My Documents"/"My Videos"/etc. without "My" prefix in Windows 7
Even though Windows 7 stores special folders in the home folder as Documents/Videos/etc, they are still displayed as My Documents/My Videos/etc in Windows Explorer. I preferred the way that Vista displayed them (i.e. without the "My" prefix).
Is…
Jacob
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Why do I have three My Documents folders?
I'm trying to fix my profile on Windows 7. Currently
%USERPROFILE% points to C:\Users\myUsername
My Documents is also at C:\Users\myUsername
\\profileServer\profiles$\myUsername has TWO "My Documents" folders
Neither of these folders contain what's…
Kris Harper
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How to link My Documents folder to the logical Documents folder in Windows 7
In windows 7 the My Documents folder resides under the logical Documents folder on the left side of Windows Explorer.
A friend of mine clicked on My Documents and (silly him) erased it by deleting it. Of couse the My Documents folder is still under…
Jonathan
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How to stop OneDrive from acting as default Documents folder
After setting up a bunch of programs on my new laptop I noticed that Windows has made a folder inside OneDrive that's called Documents. Furthermore it acts as my default Documents folder and I noticed that the programs I've installed store a bunch…
CoffeeQuest
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How do I fix my "My Documents"?
I had a harddrive failure (Click of death) which is where "My Documents" was located. Now, when I try to boot Windows XP, it cannot start up. How do I fix the issue so I can boot up? Do I just need to add a new drive so that the D: can be found?
Joshua
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OSX Shortcut to User Folder
How do I create a shortcut on the desktop to Users[me] in Mac OSX? Ctrl+Click does not have an option for Make Alias on this directory
Michael
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Stop programs creating spam folders in Windows user Documents folder by conditionally changing the environment variable per application
As can be seen from other questions across the Internet and right here on SuperUser (e.g. Keep programs from using My Documents), Windows users find it very annoying that programs decide for themselves to add their own folders to the user Documents…
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"Windows Security" alert when moving files in My Documents/Desktop (local disk)
Every time I try to move a file to a different location in My Documents or on the Desktop by dragging it I get a "Windows Security" alert telling me "These files might be harmful to your computer".
I am not trying to move files across a network or…
RCrowt
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Folder Redirection Doesn't work in Windows 7 or Vista
I am running a Windows Server 2003 Domain, and most of our clients are Windows XP. In the Domain Policy I have folder redirection turned on for Documents and Desktop. This works great on my XP machines but not on my Vista and Windows 7 machines. …
Russ Bradberry
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What is the Start > Run command to goto My Documents folder?
I believe there is a way to get to My Documents folder from Start > Run by typing something with a % symbol in it, but forgot how... something like %MyDocuments&
I don't know what these type of shortcuts are called so I cannot google for them
Kairan
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Rename "Documents" folder in Windows 7
I use a different name for "Documents" folder.
Previously I had to rename it after every windows update, because updates kept changing it back.
Now I am unable to rename it to the same old name anymore.
After typing the name and pressing enter, it…
Justinas Dūdėnas
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Map My Documents Folder to New Location in Windows 7
How can I map the location of the My Documents folder on Windows 7 to a new location? My system has a 60GB SSD as the primary/boot drive and a 160GB HDD. I would like the My Documents folder to be on the HDD, not the SSD. Thanks.
Jim Fell
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How to fix moved user account by mistake in Windows 10 Pro?
I was moving my User/name data for documents/music/etc. back from the D:\ drive to the OS drive (C:\User/name) and inadvertently seem to have moved the entire User name out of the OS tree (C:\ User\name) and into a top level position I am wondering…
John R
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Why do I have dead links to My Documents, My Pictures etc?
Up until Windows 7 I think (maybe XP?), a user profile was by default under C:\Documents and Settings\JoeUser\ , and in that folder you had My Documents, My Pictures and so on. Ok, good.
Now, in Windows 10, a user profile is by default under…
einpoklum
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