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Restore My Document icon in My Computer...???

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shyamno
shyamno Original post #1
Jan 20, 2007 at 4:32 PM
How to restore the "My Document" icon in My computer..
anandk
anandk #2
Jan 20, 2007 at 5:11 PM
first create a system restore point or back up the registry shud anything go wrong.

click Start>Run>regedit>open
this will open regedit
go to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths
then click edit > New > String Value
String Value name should be UserName as it will be displayed
Right click on the string and choose modify after it has been created
For Value Data enter the path that the documents folder should point to
(eg. C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents)

Close regedit.

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47shailesh
Jan 20, 2007 at 5:30 PM
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