My documents shortcut disapeared from my computer

[HaCKs]

Very strange issue, the link to "my documents" just vanished from the my computer section!!

Any idea how to turn that back on?

 

[digital_exhaust]

Do you mean it disappeared from the start menu area? If so, right click in that area, select Properties and then Customize and make sure that the box next to 'My Documents" is highlighted....

 

[HaCKs]

No of course not, that would be very simple to fix.

No its gone from my computer...

 

[dufrel]

It's right there under "Other Places"....

 

[HaCKs]

I realize that, the icon is missing not the link in the explorer sidebar.

 

[HaCKs]

bump?

 

[HaCKs]

This sucks.

 

[alphanumeric]

My Documents doesn't show up in My Computer view on my XP PC? I don't know if it ever did and it doesn't bother me that it's missing. Shared Documents doesn't show up either but I got ride of that one on purpose.

 

[xxEIEIOxx]

http://www.tweakxp.com/article36827.aspx
My Documents folder missing in My Computer
This is a strange bug in Windows XP Pro but it can and does happen to everyone. When you open the My Computer screen and your Documents folder is missing but all the other users folders are there try this tweak.

STEP 1:

START > RUN > REGEDIT >

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Microsoft / Windows / Current Version / Explorer / DocFolderPaths

Once you click the DocFolderPaths folder you should see all the user's folders.

STEP 2:

Add a new string value

Value Name: your user name

Value Data: the path to your docs folder ( ex. C:\Documents and Settings\your docs folder )

Exit Registry editor and open my computer, your docs folder should now be visable.

 

[HaCKs]

AHH thanks for the tip!

I know what happened now, when I installed windows it told me I couldn't have the username match the computer name, so after I installed windows I used control userpasswords2 to change my user name.

oops!

Thanks for the link.