Folder names are changed (kelly can u help?)

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David ...............M.............

Re posting as no reply first time. Any help appreciated

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1. I recently changed the
permissions on my documents folder for my logon ID.
With "Use simple file sharing" turned on I right clicked
on my userid folder under documents and settings and
selected properties > sharing > and checked make this
folder private.

This worked fine. But strangely the My Pictures and My
Music folders were given a new name of David's Pictures
and David's Music. I now have a mixture of folders some
beginning My... and two beginning David's ....

Can I revert the David's to My ... ? If I try and rename
them David comes straight back!

The desktop.ini file from David's Music contains:

[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music
[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-237


If Kelly or Anando read this I owe them a bigger cake..
(ps I used Tweak UI in the end to set My Places menu bar.
Group Edit worked, but I couldn't work out how to make an
empty entry and Windows went and selected a folder at
random for me. Tweak UI had a none option in the pull
down menu so I was able to set it my fav four folders OK.
Many thanks)
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Hi Anando

David's Music and David's Pictures are visible in Windows
Explorer when viewing My Documents Folder.

My Documents
-> David's Music
-> David's Pictures
-> My Archives
-> My Databases
-> My Library
-> My Maps
-> My Vidoes
-> My etc etc

I am puzzled as to my My Pictures and My Music changed to
David's Music and David's Pictures. I can not rename
them. The desktop.ini file even has a line
PersonalizedName=My Music (full .ini below) but XP
overides these names and calls them David's.... I would
much prefer all my folders began My ... to be consistent
and make it easier to find them!

Any ideas?
-----Original Message-----
David,

The shortcut in My Computer which links to your My Documents should show
'David's Documents'. Where exactly is David's...being mentioned ?

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

"David ...............M............."
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wrote in message news:66ef01c3e6bf$a2d0f0d0 [email protected]...
Re posting as no reply first time. Any help appreciated

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1. I recently changed the
permissions on my documents folder for my logon ID.
With "Use simple file sharing" turned on I right clicked
on my userid folder under documents and settings and
selected properties > sharing > and checked make this
folder private.

This worked fine. But strangely the My Pictures and My
Music folders were given a new name of David's Pictures
and David's Music. I now have a mixture of folders some
beginning My... and two beginning David's ....

Can I revert the David's to My ... ? If I try and rename
them David comes straight back!

The desktop.ini file from David's Music contains:

[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music
[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-237


If Kelly or Anando read this I owe them a bigger cake..
(ps I used Tweak UI in the end to set My Places menu bar.
Group Edit worked, but I couldn't work out how to make an
empty entry and Windows went and selected a folder at
random for me. Tweak UI had a none option in the pull
down menu so I was able to set it my fav four folders OK.
Many thanks)
.
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David,

Never seen this happen before and i am puzzled as to why this should happen.
Try reverting your "My Documents" to 'non-private' again and see if the
symptoms vanish.

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

David said:
Hi Anando

David's Music and David's Pictures are visible in Windows
Explorer when viewing My Documents Folder.

My Documents
-> David's Music
-> David's Pictures
-> My Archives
-> My Databases
-> My Library
-> My Maps
-> My Vidoes
-> My etc etc

I am puzzled as to my My Pictures and My Music changed to
David's Music and David's Pictures. I can not rename
them. The desktop.ini file even has a line
PersonalizedName=My Music (full .ini below) but XP
overides these names and calls them David's.... I would
much prefer all my folders began My ... to be consistent
and make it easier to find them!

Any ideas?
-----Original Message-----
David,

The shortcut in My Computer which links to your My Documents should show
'David's Documents'. Where exactly is David's...being mentioned ?

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

"David ...............M............."
Click to expand...
wrote in message news:66ef01c3e6bf$a2d0f0d0 [email protected]...
Re posting as no reply first time. Any help appreciated

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1. I recently changed the
permissions on my documents folder for my logon ID.
With "Use simple file sharing" turned on I right clicked
on my userid folder under documents and settings and
selected properties > sharing > and checked make this
folder private.

This worked fine. But strangely the My Pictures and My
Music folders were given a new name of David's Pictures
and David's Music. I now have a mixture of folders some
beginning My... and two beginning David's ....

Can I revert the David's to My ... ? If I try and rename
them David comes straight back!

The desktop.ini file from David's Music contains:

[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music
[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-237


If Kelly or Anando read this I owe them a bigger cake..
(ps I used Tweak UI in the end to set My Places menu bar.
Group Edit worked, but I couldn't work out how to make an
empty entry and Windows went and selected a folder at
random for me. Tweak UI had a none option in the pull
down menu so I was able to set it my fav four folders OK.
Many thanks)
.
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I was thinking about the same step. But, could it be a permissions issue?

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David,

Never seen this happen before and i am puzzled as to why this should happen.
Try reverting your "My Documents" to 'non-private' again and see if the
symptoms vanish.

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

David said:
Hi Anando

David's Music and David's Pictures are visible in Windows
Explorer when viewing My Documents Folder.

My Documents
-> David's Music
-> David's Pictures
-> My Archives
-> My Databases
-> My Library
-> My Maps
-> My Vidoes
-> My etc etc

I am puzzled as to my My Pictures and My Music changed to
David's Music and David's Pictures. I can not rename
them. The desktop.ini file even has a line
PersonalizedName=My Music (full .ini below) but XP
overides these names and calls them David's.... I would
much prefer all my folders began My ... to be consistent
and make it easier to find them!

Any ideas?
-----Original Message-----
David,

The shortcut in My Computer which links to your My Documents should show
'David's Documents'. Where exactly is David's...being mentioned ?

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

"David ...............M............."
Click to expand...
wrote in message news:66ef01c3e6bf$a2d0f0d0 [email protected]...
Re posting as no reply first time. Any help appreciated

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1. I recently changed the
permissions on my documents folder for my logon ID.
With "Use simple file sharing" turned on I right clicked
on my userid folder under documents and settings and
selected properties > sharing > and checked make this
folder private.

This worked fine. But strangely the My Pictures and My
Music folders were given a new name of David's Pictures
and David's Music. I now have a mixture of folders some
beginning My... and two beginning David's ....

Can I revert the David's to My ... ? If I try and rename
them David comes straight back!

The desktop.ini file from David's Music contains:

[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music
[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-237


If Kelly or Anando read this I owe them a bigger cake..
(ps I used Tweak UI in the end to set My Places menu bar.
Group Edit worked, but I couldn't work out how to make an
empty entry and Windows went and selected a folder at
random for me. Tweak UI had a none option in the pull
down menu so I was able to set it my fav four folders OK.
Many thanks)
.
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Thanks Guys,

I have tried switching back to shared and the folders
remained called David's Pcitures and David's Music.

I switched back and forth several times and still the
folders remained named this way and I could not rename
them.

I had a look at the desktop.ini files and deleted the
three entries e.g. in David's Music desktop.ini I deleted:

Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music

This did the trick, I can't say I understand what these
entries do, espcially Personalized=13. But once deleted
the names My Music & My Pictures came back.

Is there a MS document anywhere that explains the syntax
of commands in desktop.ini files?

Thanks

David

-----Original Message-----
David,

Never seen this happen before and i am puzzled as to why this should happen.
Try reverting your "My Documents" to 'non-private' again and see if the
symptoms vanish.

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

Hi Anando

David's Music and David's Pictures are visible in Windows
Explorer when viewing My Documents Folder.

My Documents
-> David's Music
-> David's Pictures
-> My Archives
-> My Databases
-> My Library
-> My Maps
-> My Vidoes
-> My etc etc

I am puzzled as to my My Pictures and My Music changed to
David's Music and David's Pictures. I can not rename
them. The desktop.ini file even has a line
PersonalizedName=My Music (full .ini below) but XP
overides these names and calls them David's.... I would
much prefer all my folders began My ... to be consistent
and make it easier to find them!

Any ideas?
-----Original Message-----
David,

The shortcut in My Computer which links to your My Documents should show
'David's Documents'. Where exactly is David's...being mentioned ?

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

"David ...............M............."
Click to expand...
wrote in message [email protected]...
Re posting as no reply first time. Any help appreciated

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1. I recently changed the
permissions on my documents folder for my logon ID.
With "Use simple file sharing" turned on I right clicked
on my userid folder under documents and settings and
selected properties > sharing > and checked make this
folder private.

This worked fine. But strangely the My Pictures and My
Music folders were given a new name of David's Pictures
and David's Music. I now have a mixture of folders some
beginning My... and two beginning David's ....

Can I revert the David's to My ... ? If I try and rename
them David comes straight back!

The desktop.ini file from David's Music contains:

[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music
[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-237


If Kelly or Anando read this I owe them a bigger cake..
(ps I used Tweak UI in the end to set My Places menu bar.
Group Edit worked, but I couldn't work out how to
Click to expand...
make
an
empty entry and Windows went and selected a folder at
random for me. Tweak UI had a none option in the pull
down menu so I was able to set it my fav four folders OK.
Many thanks)
.




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Click to expand...
 
Nice to see it has been solved...umm still wondering why this should
happen..

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

David said:
Thanks Guys,

I have tried switching back to shared and the folders
remained called David's Pcitures and David's Music.

I switched back and forth several times and still the
folders remained named this way and I could not rename
them.

I had a look at the desktop.ini files and deleted the
three entries e.g. in David's Music desktop.ini I deleted:

Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music

This did the trick, I can't say I understand what these
entries do, espcially Personalized=13. But once deleted
the names My Music & My Pictures came back.

Is there a MS document anywhere that explains the syntax
of commands in desktop.ini files?

Thanks

David

-----Original Message-----
David,

Never seen this happen before and i am puzzled as to why this should happen.
Try reverting your "My Documents" to 'non-private' again and see if the
symptoms vanish.

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

Hi Anando

David's Music and David's Pictures are visible in Windows
Explorer when viewing My Documents Folder.

My Documents
-> David's Music
-> David's Pictures
-> My Archives
-> My Databases
-> My Library
-> My Maps
-> My Vidoes
-> My etc etc

I am puzzled as to my My Pictures and My Music changed to
David's Music and David's Pictures. I can not rename
them. The desktop.ini file even has a line
PersonalizedName=My Music (full .ini below) but XP
overides these names and calls them David's.... I would
much prefer all my folders began My ... to be consistent
and make it easier to find them!

Any ideas?

-----Original Message-----
David,

The shortcut in My Computer which links to your My
Documents should show
'David's Documents'. Where exactly is David's...being
mentioned ?

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

"David ...............M............."
<[email protected]>
wrote in message [email protected]...
Re posting as no reply first time. Any help appreciated

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1. I recently changed the
permissions on my documents folder for my logon ID.
With "Use simple file sharing" turned on I right
clicked
on my userid folder under documents and settings and
selected properties > sharing > and checked make this
folder private.

This worked fine. But strangely the My Pictures and My
Music folders were given a new name of David's Pictures
and David's Music. I now have a mixture of folders some
beginning My... and two beginning David's ....

Can I revert the David's to My ... ? If I try and
rename
them David comes straight back!

The desktop.ini file from David's Music contains:

[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music
[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-237


If Kelly or Anando read this I owe them a bigger cake..
(ps I used Tweak UI in the end to set My Places menu
bar.
Group Edit worked, but I couldn't work out how to make
an
empty entry and Windows went and selected a folder at
random for me. Tweak UI had a none option in the pull
down menu so I was able to set it my fav four folders
OK.
Many thanks)
.




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Don't understand it either, but I have done some more
playing with those settings in desktop.ini. If I add all
three back in to the desktop.ini in My Music
Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music
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then the folder is called David's Music. take away any
one of the three and its called My Music.

I am happy I have the folder names back, but I would like
to understand those desktop.ini commands !
-----Original Message-----
Nice to see it has been solved...umm still wondering why this should
happen..

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

Thanks Guys,

I have tried switching back to shared and the folders
remained called David's Pcitures and David's Music.

I switched back and forth several times and still the
folders remained named this way and I could not rename
them.

I had a look at the desktop.ini files and deleted the
three entries e.g. in David's Music desktop.ini I deleted:

Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music

This did the trick, I can't say I understand what these
entries do, espcially Personalized=13. But once deleted
the names My Music & My Pictures came back.

Is there a MS document anywhere that explains the syntax
of commands in desktop.ini files?

Thanks

David

-----Original Message-----
David,

Never seen this happen before and i am puzzled as to
Click to expand...
why
this should happen.
Try reverting your "My Documents" to 'non-private'
Click to expand...
again
and see if the
symptoms vanish.

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

Hi Anando

David's Music and David's Pictures are visible in Windows
Explorer when viewing My Documents Folder.

My Documents
-> David's Music
-> David's Pictures
-> My Archives
-> My Databases
-> My Library
-> My Maps
-> My Vidoes
-> My etc etc

I am puzzled as to my My Pictures and My Music
Click to expand...
changed
to
David's Music and David's Pictures. I can not rename
them. The desktop.ini file even has a line
PersonalizedName=My Music (full .ini below) but XP
overides these names and calls them David's.... I would
much prefer all my folders began My ... to be consistent
and make it easier to find them!

Any ideas?

-----Original Message-----
David,

The shortcut in My Computer which links to your My
Documents should show
'David's Documents'. Where exactly is David's...being
mentioned ?

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org
http://www.dts-l.org

"David ...............M............."
<[email protected]>
wrote in message [email protected]...
Re posting as no reply first time. Any help appreciated

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1. I recently changed the
permissions on my documents folder for my logon ID.
With "Use simple file sharing" turned on I right
clicked
on my userid folder under documents and settings and
selected properties > sharing > and checked make this
folder private.

This worked fine. But strangely the My Pictures and My
Music folders were given a new name of David's Pictures
and David's Music. I now have a mixture of folders some
beginning My... and two beginning David's ....

Can I revert the David's to My ... ? If I try and
rename
them David comes straight back!

The desktop.ini file from David's Music contains:

[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=David
Personalized=13
PersonalizedName=My Music
[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-12689
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=-237


If Kelly or Anando read this I owe them a bigger cake..
(ps I used Tweak UI in the end to set My Places menu
bar.
Group Edit worked, but I couldn't work out how to make
an
empty entry and Windows went and selected a folder at
random for me. Tweak UI had a none option in the pull
down menu so I was able to set it my fav four folders
OK.
Many thanks)
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