Broken Picture and Music folder links

I moved my picture and music folders from my internal hard drive to my
external hard drive where I have all my media stored which was then mapped as
the 'F:' drive. My hard drive got unplugged and while it was disconnected, I
plugged in an external DVD drive which got mapped to 'F:'. Since then, when
i plug in my external hard drive, it gets mapped to 'G:' whether the DVD
drive is connected or not. So now my music and picture folders that display
in the start menu still try to open as the F:\music and F:\pictures which no
longer exist since it remapped my drive. When I right click > properties on
these folders it only gives a blank "general" tab, and no longer has the tab
to change its location like I used to move them in the first place. How can
I either remap my hard drive back to 'F:' since i currently have no drive
mapped to such, or move the location of the music and pictures folders to
their proper location on 'G:'?

"LLCoolJeff" <> wrote in message
news:E4BBB8A5-B7A0-42E3-9A93-...
>I moved my picture and music folders from my internal hard drive to my
> external hard drive where I have all my media stored which was then mapped
> as
> the 'F:' drive. My hard drive got unplugged and while it was
> disconnected, I
> plugged in an external DVD drive which got mapped to 'F:'. Since then,
> when
> i plug in my external hard drive, it gets mapped to 'G:' whether the DVD
> drive is connected or not. So now my music and picture folders that
> display
> in the start menu still try to open as the F:\music and F:\pictures which
> no
> longer exist since it remapped my drive. When I right click > properties
> on
> these folders it only gives a blank "general" tab, and no longer has the
> tab
> to change its location like I used to move them in the first place. How
> can
> I either remap my hard drive back to 'F:' since i currently have no drive
> mapped to such, or move the location of the music and pictures folders to
> their proper location on 'G:'?


You should be able to change the drive letter in Disc Management, then while
the external drive is still attached, plug in the external DVD drive and
assign it a drive letter down in the alphabet.

--
Jim

To remap the drive-letters, you can use the Disk Management tool (diskmgmt.msc)
-or-
Change the shell folder paths in the registry for Pictures and Music folders.

Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\UserShell Folders

In the right pane, fix the drive-letters for Music and Pictures

Close Regedit.exe

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"LLCoolJeff" <> wrote in message news:E4BBB8A5-B7A0-42E3-9A93-...
I moved my picture and music folders from my internal hard drive to my
external hard drive where I have all my media stored which was then mapped as
the 'F:' drive. My hard drive got unplugged and while it was disconnected, I
plugged in an external DVD drive which got mapped to 'F:'. Since then, when
i plug in my external hard drive, it gets mapped to 'G:' whether the DVD
drive is connected or not. So now my music and picture folders that display
in the start menu still try to open as the F:\music and F:\pictures which no
longer exist since it remapped my drive. When I right click > properties on
these folders it only gives a blank "general" tab, and no longer has the tab
to change its location like I used to move them in the first place. How can
I either remap my hard drive back to 'F:' since i currently have no drive
mapped to such, or move the location of the music and pictures folders to
their proper location on 'G:'?

Ramesh...I had the exact same issue, however this action or the merge action
did not fix my problem....I have a "default" header listed without a string
value...could this present the same problems?


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> To remap the drive-letters, you can use the Disk Management tool (diskmgmt.msc)
> -or-
> Change the shell folder paths in the registry for Pictures and Music folders.
>
> Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
> Navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
>
> In the right pane, fix the drive-letters for Music and Pictures
>
> Close Regedit.exe
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "LLCoolJeff" <> wrote in message news:E4BBB8A5-B7A0-42E3-9A93-...
> I moved my picture and music folders from my internal hard drive to my
> external hard drive where I have all my media stored which was then mapped as
> the 'F:' drive. My hard drive got unplugged and while it was disconnected, I
> plugged in an external DVD drive which got mapped to 'F:'. Since then, when
> i plug in my external hard drive, it gets mapped to 'G:' whether the DVD
> drive is connected or not. So now my music and picture folders that display
> in the start menu still try to open as the F:\music and F:\pictures which no
> longer exist since it remapped my drive. When I right click > properties on
> these folders it only gives a blank "general" tab, and no longer has the tab
> to change its location like I used to move them in the first place. How can
> I either remap my hard drive back to 'F:' since i currently have no drive
> mapped to such, or move the location of the music and pictures folders to
> their proper location on 'G:'?
>

Hi Cabadvantage,

Did you reboot once, after fixing the shell folder paths for Music and Pictures?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Cabadvantage" <> wrote in message news:84A0C4BF-6A85-45D5-BFF5-...
Ramesh...I had the exact same issue, however this action or the merge action
did not fix my problem....I have a "default" header listed without a string
value...could this present the same problems?


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> To remap the drive-letters, you can use the Disk Management tool (diskmgmt.msc)
> -or-
> Change the shell folder paths in the registry for Pictures and Music folders.
>
> Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
> Navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\UserShell Folders
>
> In the right pane, fix the drive-letters for Music and Pictures
>
> Close Regedit.exe
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "LLCoolJeff" <> wrote in message news:E4BBB8A5-B7A0-42E3-9A93-...
> I moved my picture and music folders from my internal hard drive to my
> external hard drive where I have all my media stored which was then mapped as
> the 'F:' drive. My hard drive got unplugged and while it was disconnected, I
> plugged in an external DVD drive which got mapped to 'F:'. Since then, when
> i plug in my external hard drive, it gets mapped to 'G:' whether the DVD
> drive is connected or not. So now my music and picture folders that display
> in the start menu still try to open as the F:\music and F:\pictures which no
> longer exist since it remapped my drive. When I right click > properties on
> these folders it only gives a blank "general" tab, and no longer has the tab
> to change its location like I used to move them in the first place. How can
> I either remap my hard drive back to 'F:' since i currently have no drive
> mapped to such, or move the location of the music and pictures folders to
> their proper location on 'G:'?
>