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"broken" documents and pictures folders in the User map

 
 
EricH
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      06-25-2007

hi there
to keep the story short: my documents and pictures folders don't wor
as they should, that is: they don't have the location tab anymore an
basically are regular maps. This happened after I had targeted them to
map on another drive. The map on the other drive also became a ma
without the target options
Does anyone know how to restore/recover the default maps in the use
folder so I can use these two folders again

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Ramesh, MS-MVP
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      06-26-2007
Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/180/1/

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"EricH" <> wrote in message news:...

hi there,
to keep the story short: my documents and pictures folders don't work
as they should, that is: they don't have the location tab anymore and
basically are regular maps. This happened after I had targeted them to a
map on another drive. The map on the other drive also became a map
without the target options.
Does anyone know how to restore/recover the default maps in the user
folder so I can use these two folders again?


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