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martin   02-27-2005 at 10:21:02 PM

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I do not want to use the various standard folders, such as 'My Music', 'My
Pictures' etc, that XP crates in 'My Documents', but if I delete them, I find
that at some point, they get recreated. Is there some way to stop Windows
from doing this. I thought of changing the folder permissions, but that is
probably going to muck up a lot of other stuff, any suggestions?

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Anonymous   02-28-2005 at 04:57:02 AM
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Hi Martin,

Those folders are system folders and cannot be stopped from being recreated. If you want, you may
not save any files under those folders, but it is not possible to stop them from being recreated
everytime you delete them.

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"Martin" <Martin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E53B4D8-F6E6-40E0-80A7-A2E4051C6190@microsoft.com...
>I do not want to use the various standard folders, such as 'My Music', 'My
> Pictures' etc, that XP crates in 'My Documents', but if I delete them, I find
> that at some point, they get recreated. Is there some way to stop Windows
> from doing this. I thought of changing the folder permissions, but that is
> probably going to muck up a lot of other stuff, any suggestions?

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Anonymous   03-01-2005 at 08:37:21 PM
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You could tell windows to make them somewhere out of the way, though.
Change:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

:)


On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:57:02 -0800, Anando [MS-MVP] <anando@mvps.org>
wrote:

> Hi Martin,
>
> Those folders are system folders and cannot be stopped from being
> recreated. If you want, you may
> not save any files under those folders, but it is not possible to stop
> them from being recreated
> everytime you delete them.
>



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Anonymous   03-02-2005 at 05:03:01 AM
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google yourself a free copy of " x-setup pro".

it has settings to redirect or rename all that stuff and more.

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"Martin" <Martin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E53B4D8-F6E6-40E0-80A7-A2E4051C6190@microsoft.com...
>I do not want to use the various standard folders, such as 'My Music', 'My
> Pictures' etc, that XP crates in 'My Documents', but if I delete them, I
> find
> that at some point, they get recreated. Is there some way to stop Windows
> from doing this. I thought of changing the folder permissions, but that is
> probably going to muck up a lot of other stuff, any suggestions?

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Anonymous   03-02-2005 at 05:50:11 AM
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The OP asked of a way to completely get rid of them.

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Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org

Folder customizations
http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku

Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"Jonathan Scoles" <jscoles@mailforce.net> wrote in message
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> You could tell windows to make them somewhere out of the way, though. Change:
>
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
>
> :)
>
>
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:57:02 -0800, Anando [MS-MVP] <anando@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> Those folders are system folders and cannot be stopped from being recreated. If you want, you
>> may
>> not save any files under those folders, but it is not possible to stop them from being recreated
>> everytime you delete them.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Anonymous   03-02-2005 at 05:50:12 AM
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Well, you said that it was impossible, so I offered a possible alternative.



On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:50:11 -0800, Anando [MS-MVP] <anando@mvps.org>
wrote:

> The OP asked of a way to completely get rid of them.
>



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