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Understanding the Navigation Pane The navigation pane in File Explorer serves as a quick-access tool, allowing users to navigate their files and folders easily. The "Home" folder, which encompasses frequently accessed files, recent files, and pinned locations, is part of this navigation system...

I like to use the detailed directory view in Windows Explorer. But something maddening happens in my home directory in Explorer under Desktop\<username>: no matter how much I try to set it to 'Details', any time I return to the folder, it reverts back to 'Medium Icons'. If I access the folder...

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Hello, My notebook (xp) has recently broke down, and I moved its HDD to my desktop (xp) to access my data. To work with more or less the same environment as before, I set the home dir of the user on the desktop to the directory on the notebook's HDD that used to be my home. I have the same...

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Fixes an issue in which the home folder is not mapped to a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when more than one user logs on to the computer. Link Removed

Fixes an issue in which the home directory is set unexpectedly to the default directory. This issue occurs after you try to define the home directory by using Group Policy on a Windows 7 SP1-based or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based VDI client. More...

Fixes an issue in which the home directory is set to the default directory unexpectedly. This issue occurs after you try to define the home directory by using Group Policy on a Windows 7 SP1-based or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based VDI client. More...

I am soon to reinstall my dual boot setup i had with my laptop with Ubuntu and windows 7. Now what i have done is i have created a small 50gb partition for windows 7 and Ubuntu to share that hey will both automatically mount at boot. It will contain my downloads, music, videos, pictures...

I'd like to know if i can turn on network discovery and disable anyone from accessing my home folder even if they have the password..

When I tuned on my band new computer for the first time I created one user account for both myself and my wife. We then decided to create separate accounts for each of us. Creating my wife's separate account was easy. After she logged on for the first time a new home folder (under the User...

The following are Environment Variables in Windows 7 which can allow you to get to system locations more efficiently. What are Environment Variables in Windows? Well, if we understand that "variables" are things that can be changed, and if we also understand that the environment that variables...

Argh! I'm driving myself nuts trying to figure this out. Somebody must have tackled this. Win7 graciously supplied my "home" directory (c:\Users\jfs) with a bunch of folders I don't want -- My Videos, My Pictures to name a few. For heaven's sake, how do I get rid of them? I've been doing...

I've just bought a new PC last friday. I installed and copied tons of stuff from my old PC over. I have a habit of keeping everything on my desktop. However, today, after a virus scan, i restarted my PC. It prompted me to "install Windows 7" weird eh? Anyway, after i plugged in all information...

If a laptop get stolen somebody who knows what they're doing can look at the cache of various programe. Examples include IE, Firefox and even Microsoft Office with its backup copies. Once a user logs onto a machine, is all that stuff stored in the users home directory? I'm about to upgrade a...

Hello I would like to relocate my home directory, se blow From C:\Users\Public to D:\Users\Public and from C:\Users\Fredrik to D:\Users\Fredrik When I create a new user can I automaticly have his/her home directory at D:\users\My_New_Users_Name? Best Regards Fredrik Andersson I use Windows...

I am the sysadmin for a WS2k3 network at a small school. All users have a "home" folder on the file server mapped as their R: drive. (Additionally, for students I have redirected their "My Documents" folder to their R: drive.) Under WinXP it worked fine. But with Win7RC I'm starting to get...

I love the idea that in Linux, I can simply reinstall my operating system without having to back up my files, because of a seperate /home partition. Is there something like this in 7? Where I can specify where I want to put my \Users at? If not, I realize I can just plop all of my files on...

Ever wish you had history like in unix with .bash_history? Here is some code that you can put in your profile file that defines a function BYE which saves off your sessions history into a History.CSV file in your home directory and then adds that to your history when you startup the next...