six-h
Distinguished Member
Having no other experience of Vista installations, I'm not sure if mine is a typical Installation.
I've been using it for a year now, and it is beginning to irritate me that every time I want to save or find something, I have to search for the appropriate folder.
The OS was installed by a friend, and he's left on the desktop, a folder "Admin" instide which are several blue folders.
I suspect these are the equivalent of XP's "My" folders and are imbued with special properties.
Because they're on the desktop and don't feature in the "Explorer" hierarchy, I don't know where they are stored....I'm almost sure they are on the "C" drive, and this is why I've ignored them up to now.
I have created folders for Correspondance, Pictures, Videos, etc. on another partition, "F" Data, in an attempt to seperate this from the OS.
The comand "Save" doesn't point at my "F" drive, but always points at these blue folders in the "Admin" folder.
Similarly clicking on "start" and then Documents, I get a menu with "Admin" "Docs" and "Pics", followed by a list of recent items.
I would like to use these "special" folders, If I could transfer them to the "F" Drive, however, I'm told that moving them will excommunicate the various bits of software and programmes that use them and I've no Idea what I'm likely to find won't work any more!!
Furthermore, I'm worried that I'll upset my network which I consider myself lucky to have working at all...given my level of expertise! lol
Can any one advise me?
I've been using it for a year now, and it is beginning to irritate me that every time I want to save or find something, I have to search for the appropriate folder.
The OS was installed by a friend, and he's left on the desktop, a folder "Admin" instide which are several blue folders.
I suspect these are the equivalent of XP's "My" folders and are imbued with special properties.
Because they're on the desktop and don't feature in the "Explorer" hierarchy, I don't know where they are stored....I'm almost sure they are on the "C" drive, and this is why I've ignored them up to now.
I have created folders for Correspondance, Pictures, Videos, etc. on another partition, "F" Data, in an attempt to seperate this from the OS.
The comand "Save" doesn't point at my "F" drive, but always points at these blue folders in the "Admin" folder.
Similarly clicking on "start" and then Documents, I get a menu with "Admin" "Docs" and "Pics", followed by a list of recent items.
I would like to use these "special" folders, If I could transfer them to the "F" Drive, however, I'm told that moving them will excommunicate the various bits of software and programmes that use them and I've no Idea what I'm likely to find won't work any more!!
Furthermore, I'm worried that I'll upset my network which I consider myself lucky to have working at all...given my level of expertise! lol
Can any one advise me?