My sympathies to you. I'm just getting into using a new Windows 7 desktop
and there are some new-to-me arrangements in this version of Windows that
are positively quirky. What seems to be happening is that there is a view
of the computer's contents that is only a view, at least as far as a screen
reader (Jaws) is concerned. Then there is a view that you can actually see
and access/use.
I was trying to access a file that I had put on the computer and got a view
of the folders, but when I went to open the file, the view of the folders
and files disappeared.
I also copied some files to a folder and went to find them and they weren't
there. I also downloaded some book files from the Library of Congress
system and the computer message kept telling me that the files weren't there
and they had been moved or deleted.
I don't understand why one needs a view that doesn't allow any access.
I think that there is one, maybe two ways to access your content. One is
using Windows Explorer and the other is via "My computer".
A given file of the user is found somewhere under: c:\users\stan\documents\
or c:\users\ana\documents\.
What is very confusing is that if you drill down the hierarchy of the
folders the way you actually get to this folder level doesn't exactly mirror
this directory I just wrote out for you. You say, What???
Here is how I get there:
First, you open the start menu which gives you the search field.
Second, you up arrow once, then I press "S" for Stan which takes me to
"Stan" on the menu.
Third, you down arrow or press "C" to get to "computer" then go to my
documents. I get confused after getting to Stan, because it seems to me
that I can get to the folder written out above by going to either computer
then to my documents or by going to "documents" then my documents using the
arrow.
It seems to me that you can get to the folder level you want/need by two
routes, but the path that you see or hear is still the same, i.e. what I
wrote out above. The piece I don't get yet is why there is a folder titled
documents and one titled my documents, and that even if I navigate through
"my documents", that the path doesn't include "my documents" in that path.
My suggestion is to play with this above until you get the easiest path.
You will find that once you get to Stan or Ana in your case, use your arrow
to go further. If you press enter on Ana or Stan, in my case, you get a
list of numbered folders that don't seem to mean anything
I apologize for being so confusing, but I still don't have this process of
drilling down chissled in my mind.
Let me know how you make out. I have to go back and check out the drill
down path once again. If you make a slightly different selection at any
point, you get folders that sound the same as another path, but they aren't.
If you ever tried to get to the folders for Outlook Express in XP, you will
appreciate what I'm talking about.
I will go back to drilling down this way again and try to give you a more
precise path. I also want to try using Windows Explorer which I only used
once.
Best of luck.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 9:50 PM
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Subject: [VICUG-L] How Do I Find My Folder in Windows 7?
Hi All,
Last night I copied some files to my Windows 7 netbook. Before copying, I
created a subfolder in My Documents, and I copied the files into that
subfolder.
Today I'm not able to find either the folder or the files when I go into My
Documents, into other folders in the general area where My Documents is
(i.e., the folder with my name), or into the Acer hard drive. But when I
search for the files by pressing the Start key and typing the names, they
all come up and I am able to open them.
How do I find out where my subfolder is located so I can move it into my
documents? When I check properties for these files, they're not hidden.
Ciao
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