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Questions tagged [user-folders]

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How to change folder colors in Windows 7?

I have a tons of folders in my Python directory and I would like to change the color of a couple of folders to red. Is this possible without installing additional software?
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What purpose does C:\USERS\%username%\Tracing\WPPMedia serve?

What purpose do the C:\USERS\%username%\Tracing\WPPMedia\*.* folder and files serve? It appears to be related to Skype and potentially Windows Live Messenger according to random forum posts. Also curious what WPPMedia is. Mine has the following…
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Grant access to User folder on external drive

I have recently replaced my notebook's HDD with an SSD, and reinstalled Windows 7 on the SSD. I bought a caddy for the "old" HDD, and I can successfully boot windows from the SSD. I can see the old HDD as an external drive; however, I can't access…
BeNdErR
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How to rename a default folder in the Windows user library

In Windows 10, there are several folders in the user library (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos): How can I rename them?
Peter
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Computer not responding when creating a folder

I have Windows 10. I've noticed that whenever I'm trying to create a folder on the Documents folder the Windows Explorer stops to respond and the whole computer gets stuck. How can I resolve this?
Ido Naveh
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How to password protect a folder on Unix/Linux without encryption?

I've searched a round quite a bit in the past and present for either a builtin feature or program for this, but had no luck. I want to password protect a folder, but do not wish to encrypt it. The security of the contents of the folder is not…
Zane Woodard
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Hidden folder called “.tmp.drivedownload” keeps getting bigger

This hidden folder named ".tmp.drivedownload" - which seems to be used by Google Drive's Backup and Sync desktop app - is taking up quite a bit of space on my SSD and with files as old as 2001. This is bizzare, as my laptop was bought 6 months ago…
Lucian
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Hide "3D Objects" from "This PC"

There are plenty of tutorial online for removing "all" of the folders from under This PC, by editing the registry. All of the folders are removed as they are supposed to be, besides for the "3D Objects" folder. For example: To hide the documents…
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How do I prevent file explorer from automatically adding things to Quick Access?

Windows File Explorer always pins folders that I frequently use to Quick Access. At the moment, I like my quick access bar how it is and I don't want it to be changed at all. Right now I have to manually remove the auto-added folders from quick…
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What are these files in my Windows 7 user folder for, and are they necessary to keep?

I have the following files in my user folder: Although the files are system files, I'm constantly seeing them because I'm used to browsing Explorer with system files shown for the greater level of knowledge and control that it gives me over the OS.…
Hashim Aziz
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What are 'folders of this type' in Windows 10?

I like my folders in Windows 10 to show in 'Detail' view but Windows 10 is trying to be helpful and changes it according to some rule that I do not understand. So each time this happens I change the 'View' option to 'Detail' and go to options and do…
pes
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Between different user accounts, which folders are "shared" and which are personal?

When I use the phrase "shared" I don't mean by a network, this is a single-PC problem. Shared means sharing between user accounts in the same PC. Is this also named "sharing" or it has another given name? I noticed this folder C:\Users, that has…
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Possible bug in 7zip - empty folders extract as empty files

I have a directory structure as follows: Main | |--empty_folder | |--folder | |--example.txt I'm zipping it using the .NET ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory method (but I doubt this has anything to do with the problem) When I extract the archive…
Jesse Adam
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Windows 7 User/Personal folder

Is located on "C:/Users/Leandro". I want to know if it's possible to stop Windows from automatically creating new folders. I have created my own folders for specific stuff but everytime I do "anything" I find out Windows created 5 new folders Like…
Leandro
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How to change the capitalization of the user folder in Windows 10?

My question is very similar to this one; I followed traintes' answer, but had limited success. My issue is that the user folder Win10 created for me is "C:\Users\tyler" with a lower-case "t", which is quite frustrating to me, especially since it's a…
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