Re: missing desktop files

MBY wrote:
Hi.

Long story short - my laptop motherboard burned out but I managed to rescue
the hard drive. So I put it into one of those USB enclosures so I could
access the files from another computer.

My problem is that I had some files (.txt files mostly) on the desktop that
I can't find. I'm looking in:

\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop

and there are some files there, but they are all shortcuts - no other files.

I also looked on:

\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop
and
\Documents and Settings\[my user name]\Desktop

with no luck.

So where are the desktop files kept on the XP file system? If it means
anything this is an NTFS file system.

Thanks in advance for any help,

MBY

Do a search for:

Desktop\*.lnk

and:

Desktop\*.txt

Or maybe just search that drive for:

..txt

--
Joe =o)
.

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