J
James
Can anyone tell me how to stop Windows from creating My
Pictures, My Music folders?
Pictures, My Music folders?
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Carey Frisch [MVP]
Those are system folders that cannot be deleted.
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G
Guest
Hi,
That is a part of the profile configuration and cannot be avoided. Is there any problem with you having these folders. Leave them if you do not wish to do anything.
That is a part of the profile configuration and cannot be avoided. Is there any problem with you having these folders. Leave them if you do not wish to do anything.
J
James
Thanks - Its not a big problem,just wanted to loosen
Window's control over my machine. Seems like they could
make it optional....
Thanks again
folders. Leave them if you do not wish to do anything.
Window's control over my machine. Seems like they could
make it optional....
Thanks again
be avoided. Is there any problem with you having these-----Original Message-----
Hi,
That is a part of the profile configuration and cannot
folders. Leave them if you do not wish to do anything.
C
Carrie Garth
| "James" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | Can anyone tell me how to stop Windows from creating My
| Pictures, My Music folders?
As the other wrote they cannot be deleted. However, you can
easily change the location of these folders to an out-of-the-way
location. A copy and paste from the following Web Site:
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows
Windows XP Release Candidate Tips 'n' Tricks
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_tips_rc1.asp
<Begin Copy and Paste>
Change the location of the My Music or My Pictures folders
Contributed by Larry Samuels
In Windows 2000, Microsoft added the ability to right-click
the My Documents folder and choose a new location for that
folder in the shell. With Windows XP, Microsoft has elevated
the My Music and My Pictures folders to the same "special
shell folder" status of My Documents, but they never added
a similar (and simple) method for changing those folder's
locations. However, it is actually pretty easy to change the
location of these folders, using the following method.
Open a My Computer window and navigate to the location
where you'd like My Music (or My Pictures) to reside.
Then, open the My Documents folder in a different window.
Drag the My Music (or My Pictures) folder to the other
window, and Windows XP will update all of the references
to that folder to the new location, including the Start menu.
<End Copy and Paste>
| wrote in message | Can anyone tell me how to stop Windows from creating My
| Pictures, My Music folders?
As the other wrote they cannot be deleted. However, you can
easily change the location of these folders to an out-of-the-way
location. A copy and paste from the following Web Site:
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows
Windows XP Release Candidate Tips 'n' Tricks
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_tips_rc1.asp
<Begin Copy and Paste>
Change the location of the My Music or My Pictures folders
Contributed by Larry Samuels
In Windows 2000, Microsoft added the ability to right-click
the My Documents folder and choose a new location for that
folder in the shell. With Windows XP, Microsoft has elevated
the My Music and My Pictures folders to the same "special
shell folder" status of My Documents, but they never added
a similar (and simple) method for changing those folder's
locations. However, it is actually pretty easy to change the
location of these folders, using the following method.
Open a My Computer window and navigate to the location
where you'd like My Music (or My Pictures) to reside.
Then, open the My Documents folder in a different window.
Drag the My Music (or My Pictures) folder to the other
window, and Windows XP will update all of the references
to that folder to the new location, including the Start menu.
<End Copy and Paste>