Documents transferred over do not show in "my documents" folder joneschik[ at ]gmail.com 7/2/2007 6:48:04 PM My friend copied and transferred all his files from his old XP Pro computer under c:\documents and settings\jdoe\my documents into the new computer that's got Vista on it to: c:\users\jdoe\ however, they don't show up. You can "search" for them & find them and you can open and edit them. But you can't save them. Does anyone have any ideas for me? We've tried 'un-hiding" hidden folders yet to no avail: we still can't see them under the My documents folder. And then, there is the problem with not being able to save the documents. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Re: Documents transferred over do not show in "my documents" folder "Dave" <dave[ at ]beepbeep.com> 7/2/2007 7:06:18 PM Did he try to copy them to a "My Documents" folder on the Vista computer? The Vista "My Documents" is not a folder. Do not try to open it or copy stuff to it. It is a junction point for legacy programs that try to install to that directory. Actually, it points to the "Documents" directory. Perhaps that is where his files are. That's where they should be. If you can search & find the documents, then you should know where they are. If he can't save the edited files, it's probably a permissions problem, and he needs to take ownership of them. <joneschik[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1183402084.002964.86750[ at ]g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > My friend copied and transferred all his files from his old XP Pro > computer under c:\documents and settings\jdoe\my documents into the > new computer that's got Vista on it to: c:\users\jdoe\ however, they > don't show up. You can "search" for them & find them and you can open > and edit them. But you can't save them. Does anyone have any ideas > for me? We've tried 'un-hiding" hidden folders yet to no avail: we > still can't see them under the My documents folder. And then, there > is the problem with not being able to save the documents. Any ideas > would be appreciated. >

Re: Documents transferred over do not show in "my documents" folder "Michael" <mexxwalraven[ at ]verson.net> 7/2/2007 8:24:37 PM Question: Did your friend use the included transfer program or did he do it himself (over network or via CDs for instance): Note that My Documents, My Pictures etc no longer exist as Locations with Vista. Some what look like links exist and are visible if you have show hidden and system folders set, they are not even links and are there for backward compatibility, leave them alone!. If the transfer program was used then the documents should be under C:\users\jdoe\documents. If you can search for one and find it, right click on it and select 'properties' , the General Tab reports the actual file location. If the files were transferred to a CD and then reloaded into the Vista, they may have carried over the write only attribute from the CD and are 'write only'. The same properties General tab will report a check mark towards bottom if the files are write only. <joneschik[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1183402084.002964.86750[ at ]g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > My friend copied and transferred all his files from his old XP Pro > computer under c:\documents and settings\jdoe\my documents into the > new computer that's got Vista on it to: c:\users\jdoe\ however, they > don't show up. You can "search" for them & find them and you can open > and edit them. But you can't save them. Does anyone have any ideas > for me? We've tried 'un-hiding" hidden folders yet to no avail: we > still can't see them under the My documents folder. And then, there > is the problem with not being able to save the documents. Any ideas > would be appreciated. >