My Music folder was lost (hard drive crash). I had moved it off the C: drive

to an other internal hard drive (320GB) for my 18,000 songs.

I tried to create it in default My Documents folder which is ok but Windows

doesn't recognize it.

I tried the Start - Properties - Start Menu - Customize - Advanced - My

Music - Display as a link but it still doesn't show in the start menu and,

more importantly, iTunes can't find it either.

I tried TweakUI but that doesn't list MY Music as one of the SPECIAL FOLDERS

that I can change the location to.

I have updated the registry but when I restart the computer my registry is

reset to not finding the My Music folder. Is there a key I am missing?

Is there a next step? Thanks in advance.

You could try this link http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm from

Kellys Korner, search down the page for line 240.

 

Neil

 

"Blue Rocks" <Blue Rocks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> My Music folder was lost (hard drive crash). I had moved it off the C:

> drive

> to an other internal hard drive (320GB) for my 18,000 songs.

> I tried to create it in default My Documents folder which is ok but

> Windows

> doesn't recognize it.

> I tried the Start - Properties - Start Menu - Customize - Advanced - My

> Music - Display as a link but it still doesn't show in the start menu and,

> more importantly, iTunes can't find it either.

> I tried TweakUI but that doesn't list MY Music as one of the SPECIAL

> FOLDERS

> that I can change the location to.

> I have updated the registry but when I restart the computer my registry is

> reset to not finding the My Music folder. Is there a key I am missing?

> Is there a next step? Thanks in advance.

You might use regedt32 to look at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell

Folders

 

But the most likely problem is 'ownership' of the files.

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308421

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"Blue Rocks" wrote:

> My Music folder was lost (hard drive crash). I had moved it off the C: drive

> to an other internal hard drive (320GB) for my 18,000 songs.

> I tried to create it in default My Documents folder which is ok but Windows

> doesn't recognize it.

> I tried the Start - Properties - Start Menu - Customize - Advanced - My

> Music - Display as a link but it still doesn't show in the start menu and,

> more importantly, iTunes can't find it either.

> I tried TweakUI but that doesn't list MY Music as one of the SPECIAL FOLDERS

> that I can change the location to.

> I have updated the registry but when I restart the computer my registry is

> reset to not finding the My Music folder. Is there a key I am missing?

> Is there a next step? Thanks in advance.

Blue Rocks wrote:

> My Music folder was lost (hard drive crash). I had moved it off the

> C: drive to an other internal hard drive (320GB) for my 18,000 songs.

> I tried to create it in default My Documents folder which is ok but

> Windows doesn't recognize it.

> I tried the Start - Properties - Start Menu - Customize - Advanced -

> My Music - Display as a link but it still doesn't show in the start

> menu and, more importantly, iTunes can't find it either.

> I tried TweakUI but that doesn't list MY Music as one of the SPECIAL

> FOLDERS that I can change the location to.

> I have updated the registry but when I restart the computer my

> registry is reset to not finding the My Music folder. Is there a key

> I am missing? Is there a next step? Thanks in advance.

 

Hi Blue Rocks,

 

Try restting the Shell Folder paths using Ramesh's article.

 

Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

 

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

 

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William Crawford

MS-MVP Windows Shell/User