"Gordon" wrote in message

 

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> User files are stored where the USER puts them - ie C:/Users/{Account

 

> name}/Documents. Where else would they be?

 

 

 

Nice effort, but an excellent demonstration of what I have been saying.

 

Such a directory does not even exist on my PC.

In article , johnbrockbank@com.invalid

 

says...

 

>

 

> "Gordon" wrote in message

 

> news:i1vpv1$9fp$1@news.eternal-september.org...

 

> >

 

> > User files are stored where the USER puts them - ie C:/Users/{Account

 

> > name}/Documents. Where else would they be?

 

>

 

> Nice effort, but an excellent demonstration of what I have been saying.

 

> Such a directory does not even exist on my PC.

 

 

 

C:\Users\johnbrockbank\Documents is virtual and shows in WinExplorer as

 

C:\Users\johnbrockbank\My Documents

On 21/07/10 20:24, johnbee wrote:

 

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> "Gordon" wrote in message

 

> news:i1vpv1$9fp$1@news.eternal-september.org...

 

>>

 

>> User files are stored where the USER puts them - ie C:/Users/{Account

 

>> name}/Documents. Where else would they be?

 

>

 

> Nice effort, but an excellent demonstration of what I have been saying.

 

> Such a directory does not even exist on my PC.

 

 

 

Don't be such a pedant. OK - I missed out the "My". Which certainly DOES

 

exist.

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:08:25 +0100, Gordon wrote:

 

 

> On 21/07/10 01:43, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

 

>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:44:19 +0100, Gordon wrote:

 

>>

 

>>> On 19/07/2010 23:26, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

 

>>>> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:59:14 +0100, Gordon wrote:

 

>>>>

 

>>>>> On 18/07/2010 20:43, johnbee wrote:

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> The thing is you see, I actually know where Windows 7 stores files,

 

>>>>>> because I have bought various books and read them, and have had a good

 

>>>>>> look at what the system does. Obviously, the fact that one needs to do

 

>>>>>> that is ample evidence of what I am saying.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> If you don't agree, I am certain that Microsoft, and many book

 

>>>>>> publishers would be happy to pay you well for writing a couple of short

 

>>>>>> paragraphs about where files are stored.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> User files are stored where the USER puts them - ie C:/Users/{Account

 

>>>>> name}/Documents. Where else would they be?

 

>>>>

 

>>>> I was amused that johnbee also chose to clip a relevant part of my text

 

>>>> when he replied.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> I think he also fails to realize that OSes are, by necessity, not quite as

 

>>>> easy to use as a faucet.

 

>>>>

 

>>>

 

>>> But that's the whole point - they ARE! Certainly modern ones. Remember

 

>>> WFWG 3.11?

 

>>

 

>> That was the one that convinced me it was time to run Windows.

 

>>

 

>> I'm hoping that, when you say that they are as easy to use as a faucet,

 

>> you're just pulling my chain. Or Microsoft's?

 

>>

 

>> If not, then I can't come close to agreeing with you. If yes, then I'm

 

>> laughing. Ha ha (see?).

 

>>

 

>

 

> Well they must be easy. If my 87 year old mother-in-law can use XP.......

 

 

 

Yeah, but your 87-year-old mother-in-law might be a whole lot smarter than

 

I am :-)

 

 

 

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)