my documents missing in my computer

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i have xp pro sp3.

the current-user my documents is missing in my computer for all the limited
accounts. they do appear properly for the administrators, however. if i
change the limited accounts to administrator status, then all the users'
documents show up. if i add a new limited account, no my documents appear.

i have found several articles discussing this, or something similar, but
they don't seem to help.

i have tried:
looking at docfolderpaths
kathy's korner
tweakui (the option to show them doesn't appear when i'm logged on as a
limited account but is there for an administrator)

there's another thing to fix, too, but i don't know if it is related or if
it's better in another question. shared documents appears for all the users,
but it is listed as just documents.

please help.

fred
 
Re: my documents missing in my computer

"frederick" <frederick@discussions.microsoft.com> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее: news:377F51D7-120B-43E4-AA91-40D812158F75@microsoft.com...

>i have xp pro sp3.
>
> the current-user my documents is missing in my computer for all the limited
> accounts. they do appear properly for the administrators, however. if i
> change the limited accounts to administrator status, then all the users'
> documents show up. if i add a new limited account, no my documents appear.
>
> i have found several articles discussing this, or something similar, but
> they don't seem to help.
>
> i have tried:
> looking at docfolderpaths
> kathy's korner
> tweakui (the option to show them doesn't appear when i'm logged on as a
> limited account but is there for an administrator)
>
> there's another thing to fix, too, but i don't know if it is related or if
> it's better in another question. shared documents appears for all the users,
> but it is listed as just documents.
>

I have a similar issue. Seems this is by design that non-admin user accounts cannot see their own and other user's Documents folder in My Computer.
 
Re: my documents missing in my computer

maybe you're right. i could have sworn that i have seen it before, though.
maybe it depends on what version it is?

"st" wrote:

> "frederick" <frederick@discussions.microsoft.com> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее: news:377F51D7-120B-43E4-AA91-40D812158F75@microsoft.com...
> >i have xp pro sp3.
> >
> > the current-user my documents is missing in my computer for all the limited
> > accounts. they do appear properly for the administrators, however. if i
> > change the limited accounts to administrator status, then all the users'
> > documents show up. if i add a new limited account, no my documents appear.
> >
> > i have found several articles discussing this, or something similar, but
> > they don't seem to help.
> >
> > i have tried:
> > looking at docfolderpaths
> > kathy's korner
> > tweakui (the option to show them doesn't appear when i'm logged on as a
> > limited account but is there for an administrator)
> >
> > there's another thing to fix, too, but i don't know if it is related or if
> > it's better in another question. shared documents appears for all the users,
> > but it is listed as just documents.
> >
> I have a similar issue. Seems this is by design that non-admin user accounts cannot see their own and other user's Documents folder in My Computer
 
RE: my documents missing in my computer

just an update. i was able to get shared documents to work correctly. i
went back through all the things that i'd tried and found that correcting all
my desktop.ini files to the info here
http://computers.douglasthrift.net/winxpfaq/#faq3_shared_documents fixed my
shared documents problem. now my computer shows shared documents rather than
just documents.

limited users still do not show their own documents folder in my computer,
however. i wonder why. it seems as if it could be a security problem, but i
have complete access to it. i'm stumped.

fred

"frederick" wrote:

> i have xp pro sp3.
>
> the current-user my documents is missing in my computer for all the limited
> accounts. they do appear properly for the administrators, however. if i
> change the limited accounts to administrator status, then all the users'
> documents show up. if i add a new limited account, no my documents appear.
>
> i have found several articles discussing this, or something similar, but
> they don't seem to help.
>
> i have tried:
> looking at docfolderpaths
> kathy's korner
> tweakui (the option to show them doesn't appear when i'm logged on as a
> limited account but is there for an administrator)
>
> there's another thing to fix, too, but i don't know if it is related or if
> it's better in another question. shared documents appears for all the users,
> but it is listed as just documents.
>
> please help.
>
> fred
 
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