My Documents in My Computer

[mrmin123]

Hey all... I somehow lost the My Documents and Shared Documents icons above the Hard Drive icons in My Computer:

you know, the Documents icons above the Hard Disk drives? yea. does anyone know how to get them back? thanks

[chilifrei64]

Have you recently jointed the computer to a domain.. this will get rid of it.

Otherwise you can use local policy to put that back in there..

[mrmin123]

Have you recently jointed the computer to a domain.. this will get rid of it.

Otherwise you can use local policy to put that back in there..

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hmm - not on a domain, but a workgroup (don't know if that makes a difference). could you elaborate on the local policy thing? i googled for a bit, and got this Security Console going, but I have no idea what to do in there - i don't even know if this is the thing you're talking about heh.

[chilifrei64]

Start-> run -> gpedit.msc -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer

Disable "Remove Shared Documents from My Computer" setting

This will only work on Windows XP Pro.. XP Home does not have group policy

[mrmin123]

I seem to have only Windows Media Player under the Windows Components section in that window... hmm..

edit: i managed to find a partial workaround that'll meet my needs... thanks anyway!

Edited September 3, 2005 by mrmin123

[Yzöwl]

The following batch file should fix your My Documents problem, you may need an explorer reboot in order for the change to take effect.

mydocfix.cmd

[Wasim]

you download and install powertoys for windows xp and then when you run tweakui you click where it says my computer in the sidebar and then tick 'files stored on this computer this computer'.