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February 10, 2010

'My Documents' Folder Missing from Windows Explorer

Well, I couldn't really figure out why this was going on, but I wasn't seeing "My Documents" in Windows Explorer. Underneath "My Computer", I'd see "Rob's Documents' and "Jen's Documents". But they were listed pretty far down and I realized that I wasn't really seeing "My Documents", which has bugged me for some time.

So today, I finally broke down and found this solution:

Start - Run - Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\

If you don't see the key {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103} in the left pane, then in the left pane, right-click the NameSpace key and select New, Key. Type exactly {450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103} and press Enter.

Then, in the right pane, right-click (Default) and select Modify. In the resulting
Edit String dialog box, on the Value data line, type: My Documents and click OK. Close the Registry Editor.

Click the desktop once, press F5 (for refresh).

Posted by Rob Kiser on February 10, 2010 at 5:57 PM

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