-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Organizing folders, etc.

  • From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 20:39:11 -0600

I think I will be perfectly happy to leave "well enough" alone.  I am just 
getting into downloading some new and interesting fonts and putting them in 
my "incoming fonts" folders.  So the fun is just beginning and I don't want 
to derail that just yet.
Sandi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:55 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Organizing folders, etc.


> Sandi,
>    Near the very top of the left pane in Windows Explorer, you should see
> an item called My Documents.  This is actually a vitual folder that 
> provides
> quick and easy access to the contents of your My Docs folder, no matter
> where it resides.  Use that one for getting to your stuff.  The other one 
> is
> the actual location and is only showing because we rescued it out of the
> Docs & Settings folder in order to shorten the path.
>
>    Still, I need to more fully answer your question by saying that Yes, 
> you
> CAN change the name of the My Documents folder and the name change will 
> also
> be automatically recorded by the registry and all of Windows will still 
> know
> where to find that folder.  As you've already discovered with your fonts
> folder, Moving or Renaming the My Docs folder does NOT necessarily update
> everything that's pointing to a file or subfolder inside My Docs. 
> Windows'
> concern is only for the main My Documents folder.  Everything inside is on
> their own.  This means you may have to fix those font shortcuts again if 
> you
> choose to rename the main folder.
>
> Peace,
> GMan
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
>


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