Re: Post not answered
From: Don (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/13/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:55:01 -0700
>-----Original Message-----
>Don wrote:
>
>> Can some one help me to understand what I am doing wrong.
>> I submit a post. It shows up in queue with the PDT time at
>> the right. It is skipped over and never addressed. I go
>> back later, even a few minutes ago, and it is still there
>> with the 7:45 time on it, and I can bring up my post at the
>> bottom. The queue show my name and subject still there,
>> but grayed out, and while most others has a little box to
>> the lift with a dash in it, mine never does, don't know if
>> that matters.
>>
>> In any event I'll restate my question below. Thanks in
>> advance for help.
>>
>> My wife and I are retired and started using XP Home in
>> January. Therefore, being the only ones using the
>> computer, we log on with Adm. Privileges to KEEP it simple.
>> We have 11 folders under My Documents. The frustrating
>> problem is that any time we use ANY shortcut to My
>> Documents, the folders come up OK, but when we bring up a
>> file, a Window pops up saying, "C:\...\Filename.Doc is
>> being used by [our names]. Do you want to make a copy?."
>> Thing is, we can 'X' or cancel the window and change and
>> delete files, so the window protects nothing and is a huge
>> frustration when managing many files, appearing every time.
>> A (sort of) related thing, having Adm. Priv., can we tweek
>> out the log off entry in the start menu as we never touch
>> it? Help would really be appreciated on this one.
>> .
>
>This is a public newsgroup offering peer-to-peer support.
Everyone who
>posts here is a volunteer. There are some Microsoft
employees who post,
>but they do so on their own time and not as official
representatives of
>the company. If your post wasn't answered, it was probably
because a)
>no one had an answer; b) the person(s) who did have the
answer wasn't
>reading the group; c) or your question was not clear and
therefore
>people didn't want to bother.
>
>I've read through your post several times and I'm still
not quite sure
>what you're doing. Just for you, I turned on my XP (Pro)
box and make
>some shortcuts to a few folders that are in My Documents.
I did this
>opening My Documents, right-clicking on the folder I
wanted and
>dragging it to the desktop, then choosing "Create
Shortcut". I then
>opened the shortcut folder and double-clicked a file,
which opened with
>no problem. I've done this several times and have been
unable to
>reproduce your error. So a) perhaps you are creating
shortcuts wrong
>somehow; b) you have the file you want open somewhere
else; c) perhaps
>you have two user accounts set up, one for you and one for
her and you
>are using Fast User Switching to go from your account to
hers instead
>of logging off; perhaps if you are doing this, you have
the files you
>want open in the other account. This would definitely
produce a
>problem; if none of the above, then d) I have no idea what
you're
>doing.
>
>Please repost with an exact description of what you are
doing to make
>these shortcuts. As for any tweaking, download TweakUI and
see if it
>has options that interest you. Here is a link to the download:
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>
>HTH,
>
>Malke
>--
>MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
>Elephant Boy Computers
>www.elephantboycomputers.com
>"Don't Panic!"
>.
>Thanks to Hilary and Malke for the responses. No, I
wasn't offended at anyone, and I appreciate any help as we
live in West Texas where computer expertise is sometimes
thin. Please let me try to describe my problem once more
with "My Documents". I had not made any short cuts to it.
I was using exixting ones placed by XP itself. One on the
Desktop, and one in the top of the left pane of Windows
Explorer. I could also drill down through Documents and
settings\Windows XP\My Documents\ which displayed the 11
folders in it. Then opening any one of those folders and
display a file, the "message" would pop up over the file on
the screen stating "C:\...\filename.doc is being used by
[our names] Do you want to make a copy?: (Which neither
was true,) The message is just a nuisance, as you can
click 'X' or cancel the message, and with both of us having
administrator priviledges can immediately delete, change,
whatever the files. We do not have two accounts as we had
stated in the previous posts, nor did we have any other
instances of Word opened. This happens for every time we
open any file through these existing shortcuts, which is
more convenient than through Word. Now, if we open through
MS Word, we get the files without these messages OK, but it
is far more convenient to manage files from a list than
having to bring each one individually up through Word. I'm
sure this annoying message could somehow be 'tweaked out',
but I dont have a clue. I already have TweakUI and XP
power toys, but I don't see how they could address this
particular problem. We would SURE like to some how get rid
of these messages. I REALLY do appreciate your responses.
Thanks, Don
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