Windows Explorer Lost all Paths and Files in "My Documents"
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 9:52 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by androsnich
(1 messages posted)
Windows Explorer has lost reference to all the files and folders in "My documents"
(except one - see below). They do not show up in a "Browse" either. I know they
are there because I can do a "Find" for the names of files I remember and they are
there in their proper path.
I think this has to do with sharing, or sharing access passwords.
Here is what I was doing when they were lost. The win 98 is set up for sharing. With
a Vista computer I tried to copy a file to the Win 98. That file already existed
on the win 98. I expected to get a message "Do you want to replace?" I did not get
the message. Seemed nothing happened.
That (I think) is when all paths and files in "My documents" -- except the path to
that file I tried to replace -- disappeared from the Windows Explorer display (in
Vista).
They were still visible in the Windows 98 machine. I thought there was a problem
with sharing, so I intended to turn sharing off/on in win98. As soon as I turned
it off and rebooted, the paths disappeared in the win 98 also.
I have been File Sharing with Vista for more than a year with few problems.
More Info
Operating Systems:
(1) Win 98 (computer that lost files)
(2) Vista (computer viewing files on the win 98)
Viewing settings = show hidden files
Share Passwords: No passwords were ever set, and sharing access never restricted.
Users: There are no "users"
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