How do you get ridof MyDocuments etc?

[Wolf Kirchmeir]

'Wolf Kirchmeir wrote, in part:
| My method of creating a folder tree, naming the folders and subfolders
| to reflect my way of organising my data. It probably wouldn't work for
| you, but then I'm not asking you to use it.
|
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#1. I quote for the usual reason - to link my post to the post to which I
reply.

I prefer to to quote within the post, and delete the rest - there's no
need to resend original posts, and especially whole nests of them.
That's what I was taught as good netiquette.

#2. Why not just place your hierarchy within 'My Documents'?

I've thought about doing that, but I prefer to have a separate data
drive (partition if necessary, physical disk preferred), and I'd have to
move My Docs to it. Which is a hassle; which I don't think I should have
to accept. As Admin, I should be able to do anything that doesn't
corrupt the system. If (as another poster has implied) MS has put system
files into the My Docs hierarchy, then MS has acted irresponsibly IMO.
System files should not be mixed with users' data.

#3. Post a whine, expect some assumptions in return. If, as you imply, the
email identity you use is not guaranteed to never be in use - so you may be
publishing a valid email address as a target for spam. Not responsible
Usenet behavior.

I don't whine. If you read it that way, sorry, it's hard to type tones
of voice. As for my reply-to I'll think about it. AFAIK, anyone using
the given address will get a bounce, but maybe I should notch up my
paranoia.

 

[Gordon]

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:

I've thought about doing that, but I prefer to have a separate data
drive (partition if necessary, physical disk preferred), and I'd have to
move My Docs to it. Which is a hassle;

What's a hassle about Right-Click-Properties-Move?

 

[Wolf Kirchmeir]

And your problem with using My Documents as the root of your
folders system is what?

Why should I do things the way someone else has decided I should? There
is no technical reason whatsoever that the default My Docs should not be
reconfigurable to whatever I want it to be, including total deletion.

I have no objection to My Docs as a default - it's a good default for
the average user, in fact. But I object it it as an unchangeable default.

Here's what happened: I created a folder named "Name's Docs", where Name
refers to one of the users of the XP machine. There were some files
already stored in My Docs. I moved them to Name's Docs. XP made Name's
Docs a pointer to My Docs. That is, the files did not move from My Docs
to Name's Docs, as I expected. I tried deleting the files in My Docs -
this also deleted the files in Name's Docs. Any file I store in Name's
Docs also shows up in My Docs - and vice versa. To say this is annoying
is to put it mildly.

Why is this so annoying:? Because the better a product is, the more
annoying are its minor flaws. In most ways XP is a very nice OS.

Does that answer your question?

Footnote: XP does not properly implement the admin + users scheme, which
is IMO major design flaw. I would expect MS to do it right in Vista.
Will it do so?

 

[Wolf Kirchmeir]

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:



What's a hassle about Right-Click-Properties-Move?

Nothing, except in the context of the annoyance called My Docs. Which
may not be an annoyance to you. That's fine. I'm not asking you to share
my feelings, just to tell me how I can do what I want to do.

What's wrong with not liking something and wanting to change it? What's
right about not being able to change it?

 

[DanS]

Nothing, except in the context of the annoyance called My Docs. Which
may not be an annoyance to you. That's fine. I'm not asking you to
share my feelings, just to tell me how I can do what I want to do.

What's wrong with not liking something and wanting to change it?
What's right about not being able to change it?

So did you do what I said in my post ?

Are the 'My' folders gone ?