Re: My Docs icon is missing
- From: br1anstorm <br1an@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 17:50:11 -0700
"Anthony Buckland" wrote:
"br1anstorm" <br1an@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This thread dates from 2004 - but in 2009 I have the same problem (running....
XP
Pro, fully up to date).
My question is this: is it still necessary to go into the Registry and
edit
it to restore the missing My Docs icons in the My Computer display?
You can put an icon on the desktop as a shortcut to anything
you can locate. Find your "My Documents" folder. Right click.
Create a shortcut. Move the shortcut to the desktop. If you don't
like the name the shortcut has, change it. If you don't like the icon
you get, right click on the shortcut and select Change Icon under
properties and pick another icon. You didn't have to touch
the registry editor.
Anthony
I fear you've missed the point of my query. I know how to create shortcuts.
I don't need a shortcut on my desktop.
As Jose realised, the issue is that the My Docs icon for my User account has
disappeared from the "My Computer" screen in both my Admin account and my
User account. And you can't create a shortcut in the place where that icon
normally sits (I tried to do so, but the system won't allow it).
This is a problem known to Microsoft - see the KB article. So my question
really was - does the hotfix they offer now mean that this should be
installed rather than manually editing the registry?
br1anstorm
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