My documents new thread file moved

If i'm putting this in the wrong place, i'm sorry , just trying to get back
to the issue, am not trying to flood the discussion groups, if something
needs deleted please do so.
thanks


This is a copy of a thread in Dec i could not keep up to due to holidays and
illness, if you can help?
thanks
=========================
Glee

I have the folder on my desk top, you asked tme to run it in regedit,it is
12.4mb, should i email it from my passport email address? It appears to big
to put here?
thanks
you can email me your answer? that you want me to mail it?
===========================


Hi

I apparently had happy fingers, and i have My Documents folder messed up. I
can retrieve it but it is listed inside another folder and sub folders. The
desktop folder has nothing in it, How do i clear my mess up so its cllean?
Can i post a jpeg or something to show you how it's organized or
"disorganized"?
Thanks
--
I AM A CHEESEHEAD AND A BADGER!
========
Use Windows Explorer to move the items back where they belong.



--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
news Hi

--------------------------------
Thanks

Here's how it looks-

C:\My Documents\My Pictures\Kodak Pictures
c\/my documents
-my documents
-filelib
-mydocuments
-kodak pictures
(there is nothing in any of these)
---------------------------------------------------------

C:\december 2004 -has folder- my pictures
C:\december 2004\My Pictures --has folder kodak pictures and folder kids,plus
some jpegs
C:\december 2004\My Pictures\kids\My Pictures has my documents
folder- and contents of my documents
C:\december 2004\My Pictures\kids\My Pictures\My Documents has all
my documents folders




"shortstop643" wrote:


--
=======
I'd like to say I understand your explanation, but I don't. :-) I cannot
tell
where you My Documents folder is, from your description. Save a screen shot
of
Windows Explorer with all the relevant folders expanded to show the
sub-folders,
save it as a .jpg file, and email it to me as an attachment, to:
glee29 @ mindspring dot com

All you need to do, though, is move the "My Documents" folder back to the
root of
C:\. After that, you can re-arrange the other files and folders however you
want
them, wherever you want them.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks

Here's how it looks-

C:\My Documents\My Pictures\Kodak Pictures
c\/my documents
-my documents
-filelib
-mydocuments
-kodak pictures
(there is nothing in any of these)
---------------------------------------------------------

C:\december 2004 -has folder- my pictures
C:\december 2004\My Pictures --has folder kodak pictures and folder
kids,plus
some jpegs
C:\december 2004\My Pictures\kids\My Pictures has my documents
folder- and contents of my documents
C:\december 2004\My Pictures\kids\My Pictures\My Documents has all
my documents folders




"shortstop643" wrote:


-----------------
glee-
Not knowing fully who sees what as moderators, did you get the jpegs i
emailed yesterday that you asked me to do? I mailed them once from my
regular isp and they were returned and then i did them from hotmail. The
post below about MS DOS I am a nerd on, so wanted to know first. I also
really don't know what to delete that is not relevant unless it's the folders
that "are not" my documents, sorry to be stupid, but?
thanks

"glee" wrote:

I'd like to say I understand your explanation, but I don't. :-) I cannot
tell
where you My Documents folder is, from your description. Save a screen
shot of
Windows Explorer with all the relevant folders expanded to show the
sub-folders,
save it as a .jpg file, and email it to me as an attachment, to:
glee29 @ mindspring dot com

All you need to do, though, is move the "My Documents" folder back to the
root of
C:\. After that, you can re-arrange the other files and folders however
you want
them, wherever you want them.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks

Here's how it looks-

C:\My Documents\My Pictures\Kodak Pictures
c\/my documents
-my documents
-filelib
-mydocuments
-kodak pictures
(there is nothing in any of these)
---------------------------------------------------------

C:\december 2004 -has folder- my pictures
C:\december 2004\My Pictures --has folder kodak pictures and folder
kids,plus
some jpegs
C:\december 2004\My Pictures\kids\My Pictures has my documents
folder- and contents of my documents
C:\december 2004\My Pictures\kids\My Pictures\My Documents has all
my documents folders




"shortstop643" wrote:


=================
Yes I got the jpg's in your email. I have not been able to do any support
work
today, and have only just now gotten a chance to even look at the email, and
it is
past 11 PM. You seem to have a bit of a mess there, with multiple "My
Documents"
and "My Pictures" folders, some inside each other like a puzzle. For the
most part,
you simply need to move the folders and files around, but since My Documents
is a
"special" folder as far as Windows is concerned, we need to determine where
you
registered personal folders are, so as to find which "My Documents" folders
are
superfluous.

What would help would be to see the contents of this Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

Click Start Run, copy and paste this line into the box, and click OK:
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

That is all one line, with a space between regedit and /e, and between
folders.txt
and the "keyname"

It will create a text file named folders.txt on your desktop. Send me the
text
file, or copy/paste the contents of it into the body of an email, or into a
reply to
this post.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
glee-
Not knowing fully who sees what as moderators, did you get the jpegs i
emailed yesterday that you asked me to do? I mailed them once from my
regular isp and they were returned and then i did them from hotmail. The
post below about MS DOS I am a nerd on, so wanted to know first. I also
really don't know what to delete that is not relevant unless it's the folders
that "are not" my documents, sorry to be stupid, but?
thanks

"glee" wrote:

I'd like to say I understand your explanation, but I don't. :-) I cannot
tell
where you My Documents folder is, from your description. Save a screen
shot of
Windows Explorer with all the relevant folders expanded to show the
sub-folders,
save it as a .jpg file, and email it to me as an attachment, to:
glee29 @ mindspring dot com

All you need to do, though, is move the "My Documents" folder back to the
root
of
C:\. After that, you can re-arrange the other files and folders however you
want
them, wherever you want them.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks

Here's how it looks-

C:\My Documents\My Pictures\Kodak Pictures
c\/my documents
-my documents
-filelib
-mydocuments
-kodak pictures
(there is nothing in any of these)
---------------------------------------------------------

C:\december 2004 -has folder- my pictures
C:\december 2004\My Pictures --has folder kodak pictures and folder
kids,plus
some jpegs
C:\december 2004\My Pictures\kids\My Pictures has my documents
folder- and contents of my documents
C:\december 2004\My Pictures\kids\My Pictures\My Documents has all
my documents folders




"shortstop643" wrote:



=======================

Glee.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
| Sorry been away from the wired world, so who do i follow here glee or
Hugh or
| PCR?
| I haven't had time to dwell on this grandkids ballgames xmas programs
and all?
| WILL look again in day or so, internet was down tonight when we got
home.
| Thanks
| All have seen that screen shot?
|
| "PCR" wrote:
|
| OK. (I don't see it yet.) One concern is that somehow some other
system
| file has got into one of the convolutions. I wouldn't want
shortstop643
| to delete one of those. Also, in the end, "My Music" & "My Pictures"
| should be folders inside "My Documents", & the Registry should know
it.
| (Well, "My Music" is probably entirely handled by his music app. All
| Registry entries seem to deal with WMP in mine.)
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "glee" wrote in message
| ...
| | I will send but it will probably not be till tonight.
| | --
| | Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| | http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| |
| | "PCR" wrote in message
| | ...
| ....snip
|
|
|
---------------------


Subject: My Documents
http://communities2.microsoft.com/co...4-9d6f05e4c24d

=====================





"glee" wrote:

Have you given up on this thread, shortstop?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Hi
When i right click on properties desktop my dpcuments folder, the first one
says "no target specified, the nextone says , could not be retrieved, the
next one , browse.:

the same thing happens when i go to the first directory tree ubderc:\:

when i go to the december directory and right click on prperties, it comes
up file folder location c:\ and all the subs are that way, the total is
1.38mb

now what?

thanks







































































!









--
I AM A CHEESEHEAD AND A BADGER!

The export cannot possibly be that size if it is only the key asked
for.
I am snipping down to just that bit:

I followed Glen's instructions and pasted the command below in the Run
box. (one line)
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

Folders.txt is 879 bytes.
Please try again.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:


I have the folder on my desk top, you asked tme to run it in regedit,it is
12.4mb, should i email it from my passport email address? It appears to big
to put here?
thanks
you can email me your answer? that you want me to mail it?
===========================

What would help would be to see the contents of this Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

Click Start Run, copy and paste this line into the box, and click OK:
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

That is all one line, with a space between regedit and /e, and between
folders.txt
and the "keyname"

It will create a text file named folders.txt on your desktop. Send me the
text
file, or copy/paste the contents of it into the body of an email, or into a
reply to
this post.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Thanks
when i right click on the first foder, which is December 2004, that "MY
DOCUMENTS" is in and properties, there is 1.41 GB in all those folders an
sub folders and my documents! There are 5 folders in there.

The reason it is that big there are about 6 other files in there, and the
folders.txt is 12.4mb.

When i got it on the desk top, the next morning i booted i thought it was
going to crash, . I really don't want to go through that again, unless i dump
this one.. I have it burnt to a cd but i have to to one of my kids that has a
bigger drive and a better word processsiner, word pad doesn't handle it. I
was going to break it down into 12 pieces so i could email it to glee,????????
Is your info to put in different than that of glee's to get the folders.txt
folder on my desk top? I copy and paste all you have typed or can you put
it so it's wothout "s and commas etc, si i get it right? It is a mess!

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

The export cannot possibly be that size if it is only the key asked
for.
I am snipping down to just that bit:

I followed Glen's instructions and pasted the command below in the Run
box. (one line)
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

Folders.txt is 879 bytes.
Please try again.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:


I have the folder on my desk top, you asked tme to run it in regedit,it is
12.4mb, should i email it from my passport email address? It appears to big
to put here?
thanks
you can email me your answer? that you want me to mail it?
===========================

What would help would be to see the contents of this Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

Click Start Run, copy and paste this line into the box, and click OK:
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

That is all one line, with a space between regedit and /e, and between
folders.txt
and the "keyname"

It will create a text file named folders.txt on your desktop. Send me the
text
file, or copy/paste the contents of it into the body of an email, or into a
reply to
this post.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks
when i right click on the first foder, which is December 2004, that "MY
DOCUMENTS" is in and properties, there is 1.41 GB in all those folders an
sub folders and my documents! There are 5 folders in there.

The reason it is that big there are about 6 other files in there, and the
folders.txt is 12.4mb.

When i got it on the desk top, the next morning i booted i thought it was
going to crash, . I really don't want to go through that again, unless i
dump
this one.. I have it burnt to a cd but i have to to one of my kids that
has a
bigger drive and a better word processsiner, word pad doesn't handle it.
I
was going to break it down into 12 pieces so i could email it to
glee,????????
Is your info to put in different than that of glee's to get the
folders.txt
folder on my desk top? I copy and paste all you have typed or can you
put
it so it's wothout "s and commas etc, si i get it right? It is a mess!

Fix it. You have it backed up to CD.

Now create a new folder called MYDOX

Right-click the Start button and select Explore
(it will be much easier doing it that way)

Now open all of the MY DOCUMENTS trees
and start re-organizing.

Examine the folders and files, probable best starting from the bottom
of the tree and working back up.

Drag files (or whole folders) to MYDOX and then delete them from
MY DOCUMENTS
(hold down the Shift key while you delete. You don't want or need
them in the Recycle Bin)

When you are done, move everything back to MY DOCUMENTS
(optional), or leave them where they are.

If you switch to Details view, you can highlight a file,
scroll down, hold down Shift, and click another file
to select a consecutive group of files.

Hold down Ctrl instead and you can cherry-pick
(select files one-by-one, even if interspersed
with files that you don't want to move).

I have no idea why you are talking about a folder called December
2004. I am only talking about folders.txt and how you should get it.
My info is not different to Glen's.
I copied and pasted Glen's string, so it is exactly the same.
If you did the same, then you would get a correct, small folders.txt

No, you cannot alter it and have it without "s.
Why would you want to when it works as is?
It took me less than 10 seconds to do. I cannot see why it would take
you much longer.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:

Thanks
when i right click on the first foder, which is December 2004, that "MY
DOCUMENTS" is in and properties, there is 1.41 GB in all those folders an
sub folders and my documents! There are 5 folders in there.

The reason it is that big there are about 6 other files in there, and the
folders.txt is 12.4mb.

When i got it on the desk top, the next morning i booted i thought it was
going to crash, . I really don't want to go through that again, unless i dump
this one.. I have it burnt to a cd but i have to to one of my kids that has a
bigger drive and a better word processsiner, word pad doesn't handle it. I
was going to break it down into 12 pieces so i could email it to glee,????????
Is your info to put in different than that of glee's to get the folders.txt
folder on my desk top? I copy and paste all you have typed or can you put
it so it's wothout "s and commas etc, si i get it right? It is a mess!

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

The export cannot possibly be that size if it is only the key asked
for.
I am snipping down to just that bit:

I followed Glen's instructions and pasted the command below in the Run
box. (one line)
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

Folders.txt is 879 bytes.
Please try again.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:


I have the folder on my desk top, you asked tme to run it in regedit,it is
12.4mb, should i email it from my passport email address? It appears to big
to put here?
thanks
you can email me your answer? that you want me to mail it?
===========================

What would help would be to see the contents of this Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

Click Start Run, copy and paste this line into the box, and click OK:
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

That is all one line, with a space between regedit and /e, and between
folders.txt
and the "keyname"

It will create a text file named folders.txt on your desktop. Send me the
text
file, or copy/paste the contents of it into the body of an email, or into a
reply to
this post.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Thanks
This is where it's so confusing, the December 2004 folder is the lead folder
where my documents should be, my documents is burieed in the tree under that,
i copied and pasted it just like glee advised, from there of course i haven't
a clue, i would like to email this to someone, but i have to break it out
because it's 12.4mb, why i don't know? All it did was make the drive spin as
wordpad was the only thing that could read it on my system, I just don't
want the drive to go through that again, i've tried it 3 times just to read
it, not to redo the folder? Maybe it's just gonna have to stay this way, due
to my error?

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

I have no idea why you are talking about a folder called December
2004. I am only talking about folders.txt and how you should get it.
My info is not different to Glen's.
I copied and pasted Glen's string, so it is exactly the same.
If you did the same, then you would get a correct, small folders.txt

No, you cannot alter it and have it without "s.
Why would you want to when it works as is?
It took me less than 10 seconds to do. I cannot see why it would take
you much longer.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:

Thanks
when i right click on the first foder, which is December 2004, that "MY
DOCUMENTS" is in and properties, there is 1.41 GB in all those folders an
sub folders and my documents! There are 5 folders in there.

The reason it is that big there are about 6 other files in there, and the
folders.txt is 12.4mb.

When i got it on the desk top, the next morning i booted i thought it was
going to crash, . I really don't want to go through that again, unless i dump
this one.. I have it burnt to a cd but i have to to one of my kids that has a
bigger drive and a better word processsiner, word pad doesn't handle it. I
was going to break it down into 12 pieces so i could email it to glee,????????
Is your info to put in different than that of glee's to get the folders.txt
folder on my desk top? I copy and paste all you have typed or can you put
it so it's wothout "s and commas etc, si i get it right? It is a mess!

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

The export cannot possibly be that size if it is only the key asked
for.
I am snipping down to just that bit:

I followed Glen's instructions and pasted the command below in the Run
box. (one line)
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

Folders.txt is 879 bytes.
Please try again.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:


I have the folder on my desk top, you asked tme to run it in regedit,it is
12.4mb, should i email it from my passport email address? It appears to big
to put here?
thanks
you can email me your answer? that you want me to mail it?
===========================

What would help would be to see the contents of this Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

Click Start Run, copy and paste this line into the box, and click OK:
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

That is all one line, with a space between regedit and /e, and between
folders.txt
and the "keyname"

It will create a text file named folders.txt on your desktop. Send me the
text
file, or copy/paste the contents of it into the body of an email, or into a
reply to
this post.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Thanks

You are referring to the folders.txt that is on my desk top and that i have
backed up tocd? Or are you referring to backing them up as they are on the
system from "starting" with the December 2004 file and all the rst under
that "which" one of them is my documents?

Maybe eventually we can redo this.?
thanks

"Hugh Candlin" wrote:


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks
when i right click on the first foder, which is December 2004, that "MY
DOCUMENTS" is in and properties, there is 1.41 GB in all those folders an
sub folders and my documents! There are 5 folders in there.

The reason it is that big there are about 6 other files in there, and the
folders.txt is 12.4mb.

When i got it on the desk top, the next morning i booted i thought it was
going to crash, . I really don't want to go through that again, unless i
dump
this one.. I have it burnt to a cd but i have to to one of my kids that
has a
bigger drive and a better word processsiner, word pad doesn't handle it.
I
was going to break it down into 12 pieces so i could email it to
glee,????????
Is your info to put in different than that of glee's to get the
folders.txt
folder on my desk top? I copy and paste all you have typed or can you
put
it so it's wothout "s and commas etc, si i get it right? It is a mess!

Fix it. You have it backed up to CD.

Now create a new folder called MYDOX

Right-click the Start button and select Explore
(it will be much easier doing it that way)

Now open all of the MY DOCUMENTS trees
and start re-organizing.

Examine the folders and files, probable best starting from the bottom
of the tree and working back up.

Drag files (or whole folders) to MYDOX and then delete them from
MY DOCUMENTS
(hold down the Shift key while you delete. You don't want or need
them in the Recycle Bin)

When you are done, move everything back to MY DOCUMENTS
(optional), or leave them where they are.

If you switch to Details view, you can highlight a file,
scroll down, hold down Shift, and click another file
to select a consecutive group of files.

Hold down Ctrl instead and you can cherry-pick
(select files one-by-one, even if interspersed
with files that you don't want to move).

It is not confusing if you stop talking about a December 2004 folder
and paste the one line command in the Run box as requested.
Folders.txt will NOT be 12.4mb if you follow the instructions
correctly.
This is the one line:

regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

Make sure it is correct, as you must be doing something wrong if it is
not a similar size to my folders.txt

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:

Thanks
This is where it's so confusing, the December 2004 folder is the lead folder
where my documents should be, my documents is burieed in the tree under that,
i copied and pasted it just like glee advised, from there of course i haven't
a clue, i would like to email this to someone, but i have to break it out
because it's 12.4mb, why i don't know? All it did was make the drive spin as
wordpad was the only thing that could read it on my system, I just don't
want the drive to go through that again, i've tried it 3 times just to read
it, not to redo the folder? Maybe it's just gonna have to stay this way, due
to my error?

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

I have no idea why you are talking about a folder called December
2004. I am only talking about folders.txt and how you should get it.
My info is not different to Glen's.
I copied and pasted Glen's string, so it is exactly the same.
If you did the same, then you would get a correct, small folders.txt

No, you cannot alter it and have it without "s.
Why would you want to when it works as is?
It took me less than 10 seconds to do. I cannot see why it would take
you much longer.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:

Thanks
when i right click on the first foder, which is December 2004, that "MY
DOCUMENTS" is in and properties, there is 1.41 GB in all those folders an
sub folders and my documents! There are 5 folders in there.

The reason it is that big there are about 6 other files in there, and the
folders.txt is 12.4mb.

When i got it on the desk top, the next morning i booted i thought it was
going to crash, . I really don't want to go through that again, unless i dump
this one.. I have it burnt to a cd but i have to to one of my kids that has a
bigger drive and a better word processsiner, word pad doesn't handle it. I
was going to break it down into 12 pieces so i could email it to glee,????????
Is your info to put in different than that of glee's to get the folders.txt
folder on my desk top? I copy and paste all you have typed or can you put
it so it's wothout "s and commas etc, si i get it right? It is a mess!

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

The export cannot possibly be that size if it is only the key asked
for.
I am snipping down to just that bit:

I followed Glen's instructions and pasted the command below in the Run
box. (one line)
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

Folders.txt is 879 bytes.
Please try again.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:


I have the folder on my desk top, you asked tme to run it in regedit,it is
12.4mb, should i email it from my passport email address? It appears to big
to put here?
thanks
you can email me your answer? that you want me to mail it?
===========================

What would help would be to see the contents of this Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

Click Start Run, copy and paste this line into the box, and click OK:
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

That is all one line, with a space between regedit and /e, and between
folders.txt
and the "keyname"

It will create a text file named folders.txt on your desktop. Send me the
text
file, or copy/paste the contents of it into the body of an email, or into a
reply to
this post.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

If this is right,
regedit /e
c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\S oftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ Shell Folders"

I tried again, and it would do nothing?




"Alan Edwards" wrote:

I have no idea why you are talking about a folder called December
2004. I am only talking about folders.txt and how you should get it.
My info is not different to Glen's.
I copied and pasted Glen's string, so it is exactly the same.
If you did the same, then you would get a correct, small folders.txt

No, you cannot alter it and have it without "s.
Why would you want to when it works as is?
It took me less than 10 seconds to do. I cannot see why it would take
you much longer.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:

Thanks
when i right click on the first foder, which is December 2004, that "MY
DOCUMENTS" is in and properties, there is 1.41 GB in all those folders an
sub folders and my documents! There are 5 folders in there.

The reason it is that big there are about 6 other files in there, and the
folders.txt is 12.4mb.

When i got it on the desk top, the next morning i booted i thought it was
going to crash, . I really don't want to go through that again, unless i dump
this one.. I have it burnt to a cd but i have to to one of my kids that has a
bigger drive and a better word processsiner, word pad doesn't handle it. I
was going to break it down into 12 pieces so i could email it to glee,????????
Is your info to put in different than that of glee's to get the folders.txt
folder on my desk top? I copy and paste all you have typed or can you put
it so it's wothout "s and commas etc, si i get it right? It is a mess!

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

The export cannot possibly be that size if it is only the key asked
for.
I am snipping down to just that bit:

I followed Glen's instructions and pasted the command below in the Run
box. (one line)
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

Folders.txt is 879 bytes.
Please try again.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:


I have the folder on my desk top, you asked tme to run it in regedit,it is
12.4mb, should i email it from my passport email address? It appears to big
to put here?
thanks
you can email me your answer? that you want me to mail it?
===========================

What would help would be to see the contents of this Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

Click Start Run, copy and paste this line into the box, and click OK:
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

That is all one line, with a space between regedit and /e, and between
folders.txt
and the "keyname"

It will create a text file named folders.txt on your desktop. Send me the
text
file, or copy/paste the contents of it into the body of an email, or into a
reply to
this post.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

That is not right.
There must be a space after folders.txt

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html
In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:

If this is right,
regedit /e
c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \Shell Folders"

I tried again, and it would do nothing?




"Alan Edwards" wrote:

I have no idea why you are talking about a folder called December
2004. I am only talking about folders.txt and how you should get it.
My info is not different to Glen's.
I copied and pasted Glen's string, so it is exactly the same.
If you did the same, then you would get a correct, small folders.txt

No, you cannot alter it and have it without "s.
Why would you want to when it works as is?
It took me less than 10 seconds to do. I cannot see why it would take
you much longer.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:

Thanks
when i right click on the first foder, which is December 2004, that "MY
DOCUMENTS" is in and properties, there is 1.41 GB in all those folders an
sub folders and my documents! There are 5 folders in there.

The reason it is that big there are about 6 other files in there, and the
folders.txt is 12.4mb.

When i got it on the desk top, the next morning i booted i thought it was
going to crash, . I really don't want to go through that again, unless i dump
this one.. I have it burnt to a cd but i have to to one of my kids that has a
bigger drive and a better word processsiner, word pad doesn't handle it. I
was going to break it down into 12 pieces so i could email it to glee,????????
Is your info to put in different than that of glee's to get the folders.txt
folder on my desk top? I copy and paste all you have typed or can you put
it so it's wothout "s and commas etc, si i get it right? It is a mess!

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

The export cannot possibly be that size if it is only the key asked
for.
I am snipping down to just that bit:

I followed Glen's instructions and pasted the command below in the Run
box. (one line)
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

Folders.txt is 879 bytes.
Please try again.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, shortstop643
wrote:


I have the folder on my desk top, you asked tme to run it in regedit,it is
12.4mb, should i email it from my passport email address? It appears to big
to put here?
thanks
you can email me your answer? that you want me to mail it?
===========================

What would help would be to see the contents of this Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

Click Start Run, copy and paste this line into the box, and click OK:
regedit /e c:\windows\desktop\folders.txt
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

That is all one line, with a space between regedit and /e, and between
folders.txt
and the "keyname"

It will create a text file named folders.txt on your desktop. Send me the
text
file, or copy/paste the contents of it into the body of an email, or into a
reply to
this post.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm