Vista special folders--Documents, Music, Pictures, etc.

Hi.

I use a backup program to copy my entire Documents directory. When it does
so, it adds a time stamp to the file name, which is visible when I go into
the newly copied folder. However, when I'm in the copied folders parent
directory, I simply see "Documents" with a green icon instead of something
like "Documents 2008-07-12". How can I stop Vista from treating this folder
as a special folder? I want the proper file name to appear, not "Documents".

Thanks.

Open Folder options in the control panel and select view. The uncheck "Hide
protected operating system files". Then inside the Documents 2008-07-12 folder
delete the desktop.ini file. Recheck the "Hide..." box.
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Paul


"weezer1717" wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I use a backup program to copy my entire Documents directory. When it does
> so, it adds a time stamp to the file name, which is visible when I go into
> the newly copied folder. However, when I'm in the copied folders parent
> directory, I simply see "Documents" with a green icon instead of something
> like "Documents 2008-07-12". How can I stop Vista from treating this folder
> as a special folder? I want the proper file name to appear, not "Documents".
>
> Thanks.

Thanks. That's perfect. I also simply set the desktop.ini to be excluded so
future backups with automatically be set.

Delete the hidden (and probably protected) desktop.ini file in that folder.
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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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"weezer1717" <> wrote in message
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> Hi.
>
> I use a backup program to copy my entire Documents directory. When it
> does
> so, it adds a time stamp to the file name, which is visible when I go into
> the newly copied folder. However, when I'm in the copied folders parent
> directory, I simply see "Documents" with a green icon instead of something
> like "Documents 2008-07-12". How can I stop Vista from treating this
> folder
> as a special folder? I want the proper file name to appear, not
> "Documents".
>
> Thanks.