Windows Explorer problem.

merkelck wrote on 5/29/2004, 4:06 PM
Here's a good one. When I open Windows Explorer and navigate to the "My Documents" folder, I can find a folder called "My Videos". However, when I open Screenblast MS3, and select the tab in the multifunction area called "Explorer", the "My videos" folder does not appear. All other folders are there. Is this some basic issue that I am missing? I am using WinXP SP1 and SB MS3.0b (build 118).
Does anyone have the answer?

Kent

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 5/29/2004, 4:21 PM
In Windows XP, you'll find My Documents in more than one place.

It's on the Desktop, of course, but on my computer at least, it's also under:
C:/DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS/{my login name}

I'd look there and then I'd do a search for the folder.
merkelck wrote on 5/29/2004, 6:00 PM
No matter which path I follow in the windows explorer, I can find the "My videos" folder.
But no matter the path from the Explorer tab in MS3, it does not show the "My videos"
folder.
Never a dull moment. Of course, the workaround is to put the objects from that folder in some
other folder.
Chienworks wrote on 5/30/2004, 4:38 AM
I never use the "My Documents" folder, neither the original Win9x C:\my documents\ nor the new WinNT/2K/XP C:\Documents and Settings\ .... tree. Of course, one of the major reasons i don't use them is because my C: drive is only 20GB and i have several other 160GB+ drives that i use for video, media, & project storage. However, even those drives aside, i don't like the way Microsoft gathers things together for you. I also absolutely detest the misdirection of the whole My Documents tree appearing in multiple places. I'd much rather create my own storage directories right off the drive's root directory where they'll always be in the same place no matter what Microsoft decides to do next. If i could, i would completely disable My Documents and always have explorer open up to the C:\ drive instead.
merkelck wrote on 5/30/2004, 2:32 PM
That is where I intend to go with this issue. I have wasted far too much time on it as it is. And even if I get the explanation, it probably won't make sense to anyone except the guy who did it.
Thanks for all the input