Dropbox and Windows 7 - the 'My Documents' folder location

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• Windows 7: I would like to print a list of files and corresponding subfolders in the My Documents folder. Is this possible?

  It's time to clean up and reorganize the My Documents folder. I think I can have subfolders duplicate in my main files listed in the Documents. I would like to print a list to find and delete these folders.

  Any suggestion is appreciated!

  Thank you

  Dan

  It is a forum for Windows 7 with tips on Windows 7.

  Windows XP is different, these instructions will not apply.

  You can open a command prompt in Windows XP, then use the CD controls to get the folder you want.

  If you have installed the Windows XP command window open herePowerToy* then this can happen more quickly - to aid that allows to simply right-click on any folder & open a command already defined for this folder.

  * There was also formerly a very convenient Explore of PowerToy here but that is no longer available from MS - you will find perhaps at cnet or another download site.

  There is also a Windows XP forum.

• Kill the "My Documents" folder in Windows Explorer for XP

  Whenever I have called Windows Explorer in my copy of XP and then click on 'Files', the 'My Documents' folder is displayed.
  Except that I do not use it and don't want it.
  I tried in vain to get rid of him, but when I right click on it and press DELETE, it tells me that the content will not be deleted, only the icon, which would be nice.  But it's that - the icon remains.

  You can't delete My Documents. This is a directory on the system. If you want Explorer to open up My Documents, you can change the shortcut to Explorer as follows:

  Go to programs > Accessories - right click on the Windows Explorer icon, select properties and type or copy / paste the following text in the target box:

  % systemroot%\EXPLORER. EXE/e, c:

  This will open the Explorer to C:\. You can also create a desktop for Windows Explorer with the same command icon. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• When I download compressed files, they go to the local > temp location, when I extracted all the files, they are sent to the My Documents folder. Can I go to the local > temp location and delete the zip file?

  When I download compressed files, they go to the local level > temp location, when I extracted all the files, they are sent to the My Documents folder. Can I go to local > temp location and delete the zip file? Knowing that I still have the data in the My Documents folder.

  Once they are checked, of course. If you want to keep a backup, you can move the zip file in your documents folder.

  In fact, you can delete everything in the temporary folder that is not currently in use. Best time to do this removal is immediately after the start, before launching other applications.

• How to copy an individual email from windows mail in a documents folder

  Seeking to transfer a windows mail email in a folder of Documents on a vista home premium system

  Just drag the message in WinMail folder in the My Documents folder. It is always open with WinMail. If it's just text, file | Save as and save as a .txt file and it will open with Notepad.

• move the My Documents folder to another drive

  Hello! I just upgraded to Win XP Pro for Win 7 x 64. no problems! I would like to move the My Documents folder, my drive C on my drive D. I was able to do under XP, but do not know the procedure for win 7? No information or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

  The My Documents folder is part of Windows 7 new document library. A library combines several folders that contain similar file types.

  To move your documents to the D drive:

  1. create a new folder of documents on the D drive.
  2. right click on the new folder and click include in library > Documents .
  3. click on Start > Documents .
  4. double-click My Documents to display its content.
  5 drag and drop the files to the new folder.
  6. press F5 to refresh the view.
  7. in the document library , click locations .
  8. right click on the new folder, and then click set as default save location .
  9. [optional] click My Documents , and then click Remove .
  Boulder computer Maven
  Most Microsoft Valuable Professional

• The target of the My Documents folder redirection

  Dear users,
  I did as I found for redirecting my documents to a different location on my 'C' drive and something strange happened (Windows 7 Home Premium)
  Went to Users\YourLoginName\Documents, properties, location, travel tab and chose him a folder target "Esteban" that I had created before.
  Now the weird stuff, the folder 'Esteban' was replaced by 'my documents' in the new location and is not visible.
  Basically, what makes Windows 7 is not only point to the new folder but replace it.
  This behavior, that I didn't see in WIN XP in which the record would remain even if my documents has done for her.
  I tried to go back and redo everything. I restored the default location of the folder my documents and now I noticed that the new folder which has been
  created before 'C' is always there and now she can not be cleared to return to zero.
  I'd appreciate your feedback.

  Hi ameneses

  Method 1: expand the library folder and click Properties in the "My Documents" folder

  from here you can see the location tab and change its location.

  Method 2: click here

  Start-> type C:\Users\*Your username *-> right click on my documents and

  Go to the properties-> click on the location tab and make the necessary changes.

  If this fails also try manually using regedit in the following locations:

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER folders

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders322756

  Important This method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

  Additional information:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Redirect-a-folder-to-a-new-location

  Hope this helps you.

  Kind regards.

  Support Microsoft-Bilodeau

• How can I move the "Virtual Machines" folder to the My Documents folder?

  VMwareFusion is to put the "Virtual Machines" folder in the Documents folder in the home folder (/users/ [username] / Documents), how can I move elsewhere (as/Library/Application Support)? The user Documents folder is not the right place for automated it system files, it is intended for personal documents.

  
  

  I am running VMware Fusion on OS X Yosemite (and the virtual machine is Windows 7).

  You can keep your virtual machines anywhere you want. Here are the steps to move:

  1 exit VMware Fusion. You can stop first of all of your running virtual machines.

  2. drag your virtual computers folder or the individual VM "files" where you / them. Filenames usually end in ".vmwarevm". There is no need to call the new folder "Virtual Machines" - you can call it anything you like.

  3. Launch VMware Fusion. If the library of the Virtual Machine window is not open, open it (Windows menu-> Virtual Machine library).

  4. ensure that all of your icons for the virtual machine are light gray and say "file not found".

  5. right click on each virtual machine in turn, and select Remove. When you are done, leave the window of Machine virtual library empty open.

  6. in the Finder, drag the icons of file virtual machine in their new location and drop them in library of virtual machines VMware Fusion window. Drop them one by one in the original order, you got, or rearrange icons later.

  7. run your virtual machines as before.

  When you create new virtual computers, navigate to the desired file before the Save.

  IMPORTANT NOTE: If you your folder of Machines ~/Documents/Virtual excluded from backups Time Machine, don't forget to change the exclusion to the new folder.

  Time Machine backups are not reliable for virtual machines. You must have another strategy. (I shut the virtual machine down, compress the 'file', and then move the compressed file to a folder that is included in the Time Machine backups. This isn't the only strategy, but it works for me.)

• I installed 5.6.2 Pages but all my old documents will open with ' 08 how can I delete the Pages ' 08 and update all the old documents

  I installed 5.6.2 Pages but all my old documents will open with ' 08 v.3.03 How can I remove the Pages ' 08 and update all the old documents

  5 pages is located in your Applications folder.

  Pages ' 08 is located in your Applications/iWork ' 08 folder.

  If you open your old documents Pages ' 08 with 5 Pages it will convert and if not damage, remove a large number of useful features.

  You will probably regret upgrading to 5 Pages which Apple has made extremely inconsistent and keeps changing its file format.

  Peter

• Win XP: Remove the 'System' of the 'My Documents' folder attribute

  Win XP: The 'My Documents' folder contains an attribute of the system. Now, I can't save file there. How can I remove the attribute "system"?

  If you look at the security for 'My Documents' tab, you will see that the system has access to the file, but it should not have attribute on the file system.

  Access special permissions and see who is the owner of the folder. It should be yourself. If this isn't the case, you may need to take ownership of the folder to get access.

  I hope this helps.

  Marilyn

• All files in the My Documents folder disappeared?

  I didn't remove them, and they are not in my trash. I tried to go to the control panel and display hidden files, but they aren't there yet. Help, please! Oh and my pictures and everything are still there... it's just the stuff in the My Documents folder.

  Hi coriedanielle,

  You may be using McAfee?  If so, the following may apply:

  http://service.McAfee.com/faqdocument.aspx?ID=TS101228

  I hope this helps!

• Re-directed WinZip unable to view the contents of the My Documents folder

  Hello

  We have ThinApped WinZip 14.0 Pro version. However when we try to use WinZip to compress files in my documents, he sees nothing in the My Documents folder, but there are files and folders in My Documents. We tried to use ThinApp 4.7 to ThinApp WinZip, however we still have the same question. Can someone contact me please on how we can solve this problem.

  I enclose the file pacakage.ini for your reference and a screenshot of which Document My empty using WinZip. In addition, we have redirected My Documents folder on a network share. Even the favorite folder did the same thing. The isolation on the personal record mode does not work. The same thing with all of our applications.

  However if we do not re - direct folders My Documents, then the virtual Winzip can see the content of My Documents. We would be very grateful if someone can get back to us as soon as possible to solve the problem. We tried the same thing with ThinApp 4.6.0 and 4.6.1, it works very well. The issue remains with ThinApp 4.6.2 and 4.7.

  I would like to know if anyone has need of more information.

  Thank you
  Anand

  This problem is solved with the latest version of 4.7.1. Please download and check.

• How can I specify the "My Documents" folder under the directory sync for "Creative Cloud Files?

  I know how to move the 'Creative Cloud Files' directory in preferences, but when I do that, it simply moves the 'Creative Cloud Files' directory in the 'My Documents' folder. I don't think that you can set a specific folder in a folder 'sync' in the preferences. Create a symbolic link to the contents of "My Documents" in the 'Creative Cloud Files' directory would work to activate the content of 'My Documents' to sync with the cloud? Breast of Windows 8 BTW, that's...

  CrisJM, no, that won't work. You must move the files in that particular folder of creative cloud itself. The only customizable option is that you can change the location of the CC folder (the one you already indicated above).

• A .plist file appeared in the My Documents folder

  A few days now, a file named "purchaserecordexpirenotifications - qlm.plist" appeared in the My Documents folder.

  If I delete i, it reappers the next day.

  I can't understand why, or that either the app created that.

  Any thoughts?

  Angelo

  It is probably created by the so-called "Quick License Manager" (developer name "Soraco"), installed by a third-party app, but I can't tell you that one.

• Lost the initial setup of the user and cannot find the files in the my documents folder

  Thread: Recover original original put in place on window XP
  Recenty my Dektop HP (Window XP) restarted with recovery application. In the end, I lost my original CD all the user settings and can not find all my files in my documents folder. Doesn't have, I lost everything or is there a chance to go back to my original game. If ysé how can I do. He is workin OK but have Setup every thing with 4 users.

  Hello

  I fear that the computer was set to the resumption of the plant, all data and settings will be lost.
  I suggest you contact the manufacturer for the recovery of lost files.