Oh, oh, oh, I just read this again - there is a piece of software that does create a My Pictures folder in the root directory of drive C: - I have that too. I can't remember what it is off the top of my head at this moment, but will write again when I remember. I believe that the directory on C: doesn't belong to XP - I think it belongs to some software application or utility.
You can move the files from the My Pictures folder on C: to the My Pictures folder under My Documents. Deleting the My Pictures FOLDER in the root directory of C: will NOT delete or otherwise affect your My Pictures folder in the My Documents folder (under Documents & Settings subdirectories). I would leave the directory on C: alone for a while however, before you delete it, to see if anything else shows up in it. It won't take up any space to speak of if it is empty.
Do NOT delete the My Documents pointer that is, as you said, "at the top of the tree." That one MIGHT delete your "real" My Documents folder as it is a pointer to it. I hope you do make backups of your data.
Good Luck,
Anna Summers
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Ledford
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] I figured out where those pics are going but
Hi Carol,
I don't "think" that the other folder would also be
deleted, so what I would suggest, is to copy all of
the pics to an entirely different folder...just in
case.
Thanks, Amy L.
--- Carol <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm the one with the problem of not being able to
> find pics I'd saved in a
> particular folder. The problem is that I have two
> folders by the name of
> My
> Pictures. (I know not how, as I never created two.)
> One of them is under
> C: and the other one is under My Documents. What
> was happening is when I
> saved them, they went into the one under the C:, and
> when I tried to upload
> them later, the default was taking me to the My
> Pictures in My Docs, so of
> course they were not there.
>
> What I'm planning, is to move the new pics from My
> Pictures under C: to the
> My
> Pictures under My Docs, and then delete the folder
> under C:. Is there any
> chance both My Pictures folders could be deleted, if
> I delete one of them?
> Carol Hanson
>
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