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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Security and Administration / March 2005Shared Documents Folder renamed and unaccessible
This is regarding Windows XP Pro. In My Computer there are several folders under "Files Stored on This Computer" one of them is "Shared Documents". I am not sure how this happened but for some reason this folder got renamed "Documents" and I cannot access it even with Administrator privileges. This happened once before and logging out solved the problem (the folder was again named "Shared Documents" but now it happened again and logging out or restarting doesn't help. The folder is named "Documents" for all users of the computer and is not accessible to anyone. Does anyone know a fix? Thanks. It's complete name is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents. Check the properties and see that this isn't made private. If the box is checked, but grayed out, you may have to boot to safe mode to fix the permissions so that all Users may read and write this folder.  SignatureKent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security > This is regarding Windows XP Pro. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks. Thanks for the reply. The correct name is indeed C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents. However, the folder is not private. The boxed is not checked but it is grayed out. Danny >-----Original Message----- >It's complete name is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >. > -- > * Danny, did you ever get this resolved? I am encountering the exac > same issue! Please help! Thanks, Trevor - TJA I encountered the same problem today. I have a New Dell machine running XP Home SP2. I installed XP Office, Norton Internet Security 2004, and transfered files from my old computer. I suspect the File and Settings Transfer utility did it but I didn't notice it had changed until I started organizing the transfered documents. The files and sub-folders I created in "Shared Documents" remain but something renamed the folder to "Documents" and it cannot be renamed manually. Has anyone learned of a way to return the folder name to "Shared Documents"? Thanks. "unknown" wrote: > Community Message Not Available Hi, I had the same problem and after continuous research I was able to rename "Documents" back to "Shared Documents". This involves using the registry editor and it should be backed up prior to editing. 1) Make sure that you have the following string/value: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache Value: @shell32.dll,-21785 Data: Shared Documents (If not, add it) 2) Reboot and open the Registry Editor again. 3) Go to the following: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\LocalizedResourceName Value: @shell32.dll,-21785 Data: Documents (This is what I had prior to changing it) 4) Change: Data: Documents to Data: Shared Documents 5) Reboot and you should be good to go. HTH. Mike > The files and sub-folders I created in "Shared Documents" remain but > something renamed the folder to "Documents" and it cannot be renamed manually. > > Has anyone learned of a way to return the folder name to "Shared Documents"? That was unavailable to solve my problem. I’ve changed the registry keys, I had changed the desktop.ini file, but the god dam ‘documents’ doesn’t changed his name to ‘Shared Documents’ I’m getting desperate. If anyone had another solution … Thks, Duarte I also have this problem, my 'shared documents' folder has been renamed 'documents' somehow. Now I cant access it and ive tried everything. Does anybody know what to do in simple terms? Im not too good with computers! > This is regarding Windows XP Pro. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > help. The folder is named "Documents" for all users of > the computer and is not accessible to anyone. Hi Try to take ownership and see if it helps: HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421 -- torgeir Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter |
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