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win 95 my documents folder missing

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by jon_w31

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windows 95.
The Mw documents folder has disapeared.
In windows explorer it is not visible or on the desktop.
When files are saved to it the location given is of a temp folder.
Search for individual files that have been saved to the folder are not found
The system has been scanned with Norton AV 2001 and shows no virus

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by Member 36317532

Do any of your programs attempt to save to
My Documents??

If not then run Regedit and goto View> Find and search for a folder you know it contained excluding the usual default ones (My Music etc).
If you get nothing back then you may well havelost it forever. Also try a search for My Documents

You could also try running in DOS mode and try to find it from there. But judging by what you have said it may have gone!

Good Luck

by steve-the-helpdesk

Have you logged on as a different user? Windows will create a new My Documents folder for each user and logging on as a different user will hide the other versions.

Good luck
Steve

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