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andy_w_1986
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      07-31-2008

Please help!!

well when setting up my new vista laptop i partitioned my hard drive s
i could save software on C and documents on D. well i directed the rout
for documents to D and now i have lost it all together after tryin
various things. i subsequently decided it best to just start a ne
folder called documents to save things in but now i cant save a thing
any ideas? i will be honest my computer knowledge is limited, i a
currently toying with the idea of re-installing vista and starting fro
scratch.

any help would be great


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      08-01-2008
"andy_w_1986" <> wrote in message
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>
> Please help!!
>
> well when setting up my new vista laptop i partitioned my hard drive so
> i could save software on C and documents on D. well i directed the route
> for documents to D and now i have lost it all together after trying
> various things. i subsequently decided it best to just start a new
> folder called documents to save things in but now i cant save a thing!
> any ideas? i will be honest my computer knowledge is limited, i am
> currently toying with the idea of re-installing vista and starting from
> scratch.



What do you mean you can't save a thing?

Delete your documents folder, after having moved your files elsewhere.

Then in the Start Menu, type:

shellocuments <enter>

It should then get recreated. You can then use the location tab to move it,
if it has been recreated in the original location. I prefer to make a
hidden junction point pointing to the new location as well.

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      08-01-2008
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>> i am
>> currently toying with the idea of re-installing vista and starting from
>> scratch.


By the way, that would have been a big waste of time for such a minor
problem. If you do find that you have a problem that you cannot solve in
the future, try making a new user profile instead.

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