User's "My Documents" folder missing

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Derick,

Is the particular folder missing in the My Computer view (the Shared
documents section)?

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Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Derick Beckwith" <derick.beckwith@us.bosch.com> wrote in message
newsdj81l$sb4$1@ns2.fe.internet.bosch.com...
> XP Pro SP2, everything up to date. When I log on the Administrator
> account
> I can see the Shared Docs, Admins' Doc and all the other user's "My
> Documents" folders except for one user account which seems to be invisible
> for some reason. The user account in question is a member of the
> following
> groups: Users, Power Users, Debugger Users. How do I get this user
> account's "My Documents" folder to appear in explorer when logged on as
> Admin?
> The folder shows up ok when logged on to that user's account. I run
> anti-virus scans from the Admin account, so I want to make sure there is
> no
> rock left unturned. . .
>
> Thanks a bunch.
>
>

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Derick,

Also, deselect the "Make this folder option"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307286

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Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Derick Beckwith" <derick.beckwith@us.bosch.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, but it is only missing from windows explorer when logged on to the
> Admin account. Not sure if I can see that user's "My Documents" folder in
> the C:\Documents and Settings\.. . .\"User Name" folder. I'll check that
> out.
>
> I tested out the virus scan and it did not scan any of that user's "My
> Documents" subfolders when the scan was run from the Admin account. When
> I
> logged on to the user account in question and ran the scan, it showed up
> with different results, indicating the Admin account does not have the
> ability to see into this user's folders, which is very confusing because I
> thought the Administrator account had access to all folders and system
> settings. . .
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uJX6WCOoFHA.2472@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Derick,
>>
>> Is the particular folder missing in the My Computer view (the Shared
>> documents section)?
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>