Re: Duplicate files

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:57:19 +0000

Paul wrote:

>Could anyone tell me why I have duplicated files from My
>Documents in C:/Documents and setting/ my name ?

XP is built on the expectation that there will be several users, each
with his own account. It is arranged that each, on logging in, is
provided with his own 'My Documents' as a pointer - which points to the
folder in C:\Documents and Settings\hisname\

Same folder - just a different way to refer to it 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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