moving default folders/data to another partition

Logged in as Rebecca:
Local Disk D: has 4 folders:
Copy of My Music
Gary
My Pictures
Rebecca
When I double-click on Rebecca, there are 2 folders:
My pictures
My music
When I double-click on Gary (still logged in as Rebecca, though), there are also 2 folders:
Gary's pictures
My music

Logged in as Gary:
Local Disk D: shows the same contents as for me (above)
When I double-click on Rebecca, the subfolders are called:
Rebecca's Music
Rebecca's Pictures
When I double-click on Gary, the subfolders are called:
My Music
My Pictures

Is it of any importance that when logged in as Gary, D:\Rebecca's subfolders are called Rebecca's music and pictures, whereas when logged in as Rebecca, D:\Gary's subfolders are called Gary's pictures and My music?

The folders still look the same to me, i.e. yellow.

The folders within the "My Documents" folders open fine both logged in as Gary and as myself. When you say to delete everything outside of the Gary and Rebecca folders, you mean on D:, right?

 

When logged in as Rebecca, when I double-click on My Computer, there are 3 categories:

Files Stored on This Computer
under this are Shared Documents, Gary's Documents, and Rebecca's Documents [this is the only place where the actual labels "Gary's Documents" and "Rebecca's Documents" appear]

Hard Disk Drives
Local disk C:
Local disk D:

Devices with Removable Storage
A:, X:, and Y:


If I double click on Local disk D:, there are 4 folders:
Copy of my music
my pictures
Gary
Rebecca

I see what you mean about the folders...
In Rebecca, the My music and My pictures folders have a music note and a picture 'embedded' in the folder icon.
In Gary, only Gary's pictures has the little extra there. Looks like what you said about my having left-clicked rather than right-clicked makes sense. The 'Copy of my music' folder on local disk D: does have the music note embedded in it. So I think that's the one that should be in Gary's folder, not the one that I moved in there. Please advise if I can just switch those around.
I have to leave for a meeting shortly, and it must be past your bedtime by now, so if that's all for today, I thank you again and wish you a good night!

 

>>Delete the My music folder in "Gary ". Move Copy of My music to Gary and rename it My music.​

OK, that worked like a charm.

>>That must be in Windows Explorer, not after a double-click on My documents on the desktop, right?​

That was after a double-click on My Computer (as opposed to My Documents).

>>It is important to move folders belonging to the logged in account only.​

I think that may be the ONE thing I've been doing right all along. But there might have been a problem early on, before I realized that clicking "switch user" wasn't logging off the original user (i.e., the computer was keeping both users logged on simultaneously). Since making that discovery, though, I've been sure to log off as a user before logging on as the new user.


Favorites have been moved to both the Gary and Rebecca folders on D:, but in Rebecca's it is 1.04 KB in size (contains 8 files, 1 folder), while in Gary's it is 122 bytes in size (contains 1 file, 0 folders). While logged in as Gary yesterday, I opened Internet Explorer before moving his Favorites (and then I had to go through an internet connection wizard) - could that explain the difference? [I have yet to open IE while logged on as Rebecca.] Or might it have something to do with my messing things up when I initially went ahead and impatiently (and unwisely, I know. I think I've learned my lesson now!) moved Gary's Favorites back to C: \ Documents and Settings \ Gary ?

>>The next folder to move is Favorites, from "Documents and Settings" to the respective folder on D:. Move it into D:\ "name ", not into D:\ "name "\My documents.​

There appears to be a problem with this one.
When I double-click on My Computer (not My Documents!), and then double-click on Local Disk D:, three folders show up:
Gary
My Pictures [which I think I can probably delete, but I will be patient today!]
Rebecca

I moved the Favorites folder as you instructed, into D:\ "name" (note: D:\ "name "\My documents doesn't show up as an option).
But when I double-click on the Rebecca folder on Local Disk D: now, the contents are the same as those that show up when I double-click on "My Documents" while logged on as Rebecca. Same holds true for Gary.
So Favorites ARE in our "My Documents" folders, even though that's not what I was trying to do. Should I have a "My Documents" folder within each of my Gary and Rebecca folders?

 

Hi Christer,
Just back from work. My 4:30AM post was one of those get-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-because-something's-on-your-mind things - I was tossing and turning over the Favorites stuff, and wanted to post it and get it OUT of my mind!
Anyway, looking back at your latest posts:

>>Like the other folders we have moved, Favorites is a special, so called "shell folder ". It should look like a yellow star for the account logged in.​

Yes, Favorites shows up as a star, in both G's and R's My Documents folders (regardless of whose account I'm logged into - in other words, when I'm in under Rebecca, Favorites in both my "My Docs" and Gary's "My Docs" show up as stars).

>>Opening a "virgin" Favorites in IE should show a few links and a folder named links.​

Logged in as Gary, when I open IE and click on Favorites, it shows "Add to Favorites ", "Organize Favorites ", and a folder named Links (which is empty).
Logged in as Rebecca, when I click on IE, Favorites shows the Add to and Organize Favorites, a folder named Links (which contains Customize links, Free hotmail, Windows, Windows marketplace, and Windows media), plus MSN.com and Radio Station Guide.
I don't know how to show hidden folders on XP - I'm a little disoriented by how different everything looks in XP from Windows ME.

>>What is left in "Documents and Settings "?​

C:\Documents and Settings now has 3 folders: All users, Gary, and Rebecca.

>>You have to double-click "name" to get into the subfolder "My documents ".​

When logged in as Rebecca:
if I double click on D:\Rebecca, I see My Music, My Pictures, and the Favorites star;
If I double click on D:\Gary, I see Gary's Music, Gary's Pictures, and the Favorites star.
When logged in as Gary, if I double click on our respective D:\name folders, his items are called My music and My pictures (and favorites), and mine are called Rebecca's Music and Rebecca's Pictures (and favorites - no user name associated with any of the Favorites).
Bottom line is that I seem to be missing the My Documents subfolders you mention. If this is truly the case, can I just go into Gary's folder and create a Gary's Documents folder within that, and then move his My Pix, My Music and his Favorites star into that? (And do the same for myself?) Yet as mentioned earlier, Gary's Documents and Rebecca's Documents folders DO show up under "Files stored on this computer ", and their contents are identical to those of the Gary and Rebecca folders on D:

>>Check by, logged in to each account in turn, by on the desktop right-clicking the "My documents" icon > Properties > check the path to the target.​

Under Gary, right-clicking My Documents > Properties shows Target folder location as D:\Gary
Under Rebecca, the Target folder location is D:\Rebecca

I think I've covered all the points you brought up; your turn now!

 

For each user, I have gone into My Computer, D:\ "name ", and created a subfolder called Gary's Documents1 and Rebecca's Documents1 (didn't know if it might be important to somehow differentiate between these new "My Document" folders, and those folders already having those names that show up under "Files stored on this computer" (the screen that comes up when I double-click on My Computer). Please tell me I've done this right! If not, it should be easy to undo, at any rate (at least I've finally "gotten it" about right-clicking to move things!).
Incidentally, I've been digging around at the Microsoft support site, and I found the following: "Fast User Switching is enabled by default in Windows XP Home Edition ". That answers that question!! Seems like potential for major confusion, though, so I'm going to keep logging off between users.

Addendum:
Now when I double-click on the My Documents icon on my (Rebecca's) desktop, there's the Favorites star, and folder called Rebecca's Documents1. I'm getting confused here... (okay, so I already was confused before, too!)

 

Hi Rebecca,

I'm just going to post around the periphery - getting ready to go away and don't want to get involved in long threads.

I don't know how to show hidden folders on XP

The same way as in WinME actually - bring up the drive > tools > Folder options > View tab and tick "show hidden files and folders ".

I would keep this option on, at least until you're squared away.

There is another option to show protected system files if you ever need that on.

The help and Support applet on the start menu is a lot better than in 9X, so explore that. If you type in Hidden into the search box, it would have given you the answer.

Regards - Charles

 

I didn't see a restore standard, so I clicked on restore default > apply > No (to moving the contents) > OK
Now when I double click on the My Documents icon, there's nothing there.

 

I'm talking about the "My Documents" icon on my (rebecca) desktop - I rebooted, but it's still empty.