My Music Folder

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I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
 
Hi Mallard,

See if its in the recycle bin and restore it. If not recreate it and restart
your computer.
 
|I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared from
| the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a New
| Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes does
| not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I restore
| the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?



Try typing "shell:my music" without quotes marks in Start/Run dialog box
 
What does putting "shell:my music" in the run box supposed to do? I did it
and it just took my to where my music is.
 
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I
restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
 
Registry Key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
Default Path
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music
 
No. Not that key, Donny.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Registry Key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
Default Path
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music
 
OK, sorry, my mistake.

Ramesh said:
No. Not that key, Donny.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Registry Key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
Default Path
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared
from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes
does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I
restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
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Not in recycle bin. As I said in my first post. I already recreated My Music
in My Documents but it doesn't appear on Start Menu, I can't see in in Tweak
UI and ITunes doesn't see it.
 
I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.
 
How about- Right click start- Properties- start menu- customize- advanced,
and put a check in which ever box you want.
Clay
mallard said:
I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes
can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared
from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a
New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes
does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I
restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
As far as I know that will only put "My Music" in the START menu.

Clay said:
How about- Right click start- Properties- start menu- customize- advanced,
and put a check in which ever box you want.
Clay
mallard said:
I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes
can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I stupidly deleted the My Music folder from My Documets. It disappeared
from
the Start Up Menu and I can't restore it. I have tried just creating a
New
Folder in My Documents called My Music but that doesn't work. My ITunes
does
not work either because it says there is no My Music Folder. How do I
restore
the My Muisc folder apart from doing a full System Restore?
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Click to expand...
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mallard,

Also make sure the value type is REG_EXPAND_SZ?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes
can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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How do I do that please?

Ramesh said:
mallard,

Also make sure the value type is REG_EXPAND_SZ?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I did fix the "My Music" path in the registry and re-booted. Made no
difference I'm afraid. Still doesn't appear on Start Menu, still ITunes
can't
find it and it doesn't appear in Tweak UI.

Ramesh said:
Mallard,

Fix the "My Music" folder path in the registry.

See: Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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Type this in Start, Run:

reg export "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders" c:\usf.txt

Then open the file usf.txt (present in C:\) using Notepad, and post the
contents here.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


How do I do that please?
 
Must be my mistake !
I thought when he said he wanted "my music" to show up on the start menu
that he wanted "my music" to show up in the start menu. How could I have
gotten that so screwed up !
Clay


DonnyJ said:
As far as I know that will only put "My Music" in the START menu.
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Try Copy on the Default User's My Documents\My Music.

Then Paste the folder under your My Documents
Make sure the Security settings are setup for you, Administrators and
System.
 
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