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jcoffin - 31 Oct 2004 02:38 GMT

I'm new to multiple users on the same machine. I dragged my pictures folder
into the shared folder and I can't seem to get it so I haven't created two
sets of folders meaning I have doubled the several gigs of pictures from my
pictures into the shared folder. Can someone explain to me how I should do
this and not duplicate files on my hard drive?

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Colin Barnhorst - 31 Oct 2004 02:45 GMT

Drag the contents but not the folder. Create a new folder for the pictures.
The My Pictures Folder is a system folder. Select all (CTRL-A) to highlight
all the pictures in the My Pictures Folder and then drag using the right
mouse button to the new folder. A context menu will appear when you release
the mouse button. Choose move instead of copy.

> I'm new to multiple users on the same machine. I dragged my pictures
> folder
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> do
> this and not duplicate files on my hard drive?

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jcoffin - 31 Oct 2004 05:39 GMT

I'm not sure how to get out of what I've already done. I think that I have
duplicates of both my "my pictures" and my "my music" folders in both the
section under me as a user and under the all users folder. I'm confused as
to what I should delete at this point. I tried deleting the files out of
the all users directory but then I showed nothing when I went to my pictures
from the start menu. It's even hard to tell at this point whether these are
actually duplicates or not. It sounds like you're saying that as long as I
have the folders in both locations, moving the files to the shared directory
will show them in the user and in the shared as long as there is a folder
labeled my pictures. Did that make any sense what I just said? I'm starting
to confuse myself again...

> Drag the contents but not the folder. Create a new folder for the pictures.
> The My Pictures Folder is a system folder. Select all (CTRL-A) to highlight
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> > do
> > this and not duplicate files on my hard drive?

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Colin Barnhorst - 31 Oct 2004 06:08 GMT

The system folders can be viewed from many places but that does not mean
they installed more than once. If you have System Restore enabled, go to
Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Utilities>System Restore and pick a
restore point a day or so before you started all this. See if that undoes
the problem.

> I'm not sure how to get out of what I've already done. I think that I
> have
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>> > do
>> > this and not duplicate files on my hard drive?

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jcoffin - 31 Oct 2004 17:39 GMT

Thanks for your help! I think I have it sorted out- they were duplicates
because they increased the size of my hard drive by several gigs. I removed
from the shared folder and now I just have them under my account. I'm trying
to find a good method of sharing the my pictures and music folders with my
wife but I have discovered that some programs just won't access anything from
the shared directory- they only see the individual user's directories...

> The system folders can be viewed from many places but that does not mean
> they installed more than once. If you have System Restore enabled, go to
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> >> > do
> >> > this and not duplicate files on my hard drive?

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