Vista special folders--Documents, Music, Pictures, etc.

[weezer1717]

Hi.

I use a backup program to copy my entire Documents directory. When it does
so, it adds a time stamp to the file name, which is visible when I go into
the newly copied folder. However, when I'm in the copied folders parent
directory, I simply see "Documents" with a green icon instead of something
like "Documents 2008-07-12". How can I stop Vista from treating this folder
as a special folder? I want the proper file name to appear, not "Documents".

Thanks.

 

[PaulB]

Open Folder options in the control panel and select view. The uncheck "Hide
protected operating system files". Then inside the Documents 2008-07-12 folder
delete the desktop.ini file. Recheck the "Hide..." box.

 

[weezer1717]

Thanks. That's perfect. I also simply set the desktop.ini to be excluded so
future backups with automatically be set.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Delete the hidden (and probably protected) desktop.ini file in that folder.
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