This is part of the lovely code that tries to manage legacy file paths. For instance, the move from "My Documents" in XP to "Documents" in Vista and beyond.
Also, the move from "C:\Documents and Settings" to "C:\Users" just to name a few. See the following: - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/1c3e806a-0412-4591-b94a-ac2b71074b28 - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/4e3c0e19-c767-412c-9111-44be87e25a92 I'm not sure how you'll be able to get back to what you want... -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Bob Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: > We're slowly adding more Windows 7 PCs to our mainly XP Pro stable of > computers. This has been creating some issues for how we've been storing > user files on our Windows 2003 server. > > Long ago we created a shared directory structure for storing user's files. > > \\main-ms1\users\<username> > > We'd then redefine their "My Documents" folder to point to this directory. > Everything worked well. > > With the introduction of Windows 7, things are not working consistently. > For instance, when I view the user directory structure above from the > Windows 2003 server, I see multiple instances of "Documents" folders. These > have replaced the <username> directories. They have different icons > associated with them as opposed to the Win XP Pro users. It's some kind of > alias you try to create a directory name for one of the Windows 7 users, it > errors out saying the directory already exists. If you try to rename the > Documents folder to the username, it doesn't produce an error but the folder > name continues to be displayed as Documents. > > Now if I navigate to this directory structure from Windows 7 PC, the > folders that display as "Documents" on the Windows 2003 server display as > "My Documents". > > Is there a setting to fix or change the display of the directory name back > to the actual folder name? > > Thanks. > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
