Well, presently, I admit I’m at a bit of a loss about your missing folder. My only suggestion right now is to simply reinstall your Microsoft Office package–if you have one. Office should see that you don’t have a “My Documents” folder and install one for you. Very odd, this…
Still, I have some extra time at work today, so I’ll send you more stuff just in case. Or, better yet, maybe Q.E.D. or xash might be able to suggest a solution that’ll work. (Or, obviously, any other Doper.)
I don’t have Office as such, but i do have Word and Access. Would uninstalling and reinstalling either or both of them have the same affect?
Yes. The default file saving location for Word is “My Documents”; it should create the folder for you with the appropriate registry settings. At the very least, this will be quicker than wiping and reloading your machine.
No luck again, i’m afraid. Word didn’t install a My Documents folder on the Desktop, and instead is simply using the Desktop itself as the default file-save location.
It looks like a reinstallation of Windows might be necessary. Last time i did this, however, i lost over a year’s worth of Outlook Express emails. Do you know of any way to prevent this, short of copying every siingle one into word documents?
Geez, mhendo, one would think that you’ve managed to piss off the Computing Gods…
Sorry about the delay here; I’m at auntie em’s place this weekend, and she doesn’t have a computer at home.
Anyhoo, for a step-by-step instruction sheet on how to back up Outlook Express, take a look at this backup site.
With Eudora, I just copy over the entire folder; Outlook Express involves a few more steps. But it shouldn’t be a difficult process.
Thanks for the link, Skip, and for all your help.
I’m out in California right now and won’t be home for a couple of weeks, but i’ll try backing up my Outlook Express and reloading Windows when i get home.
I’ll let you know what happens!
change the color depth to something lower… worked for me