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What item establishes location of a users desktop?
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Last weekend sometime, while Windows Vista with SP1 was working but UAC was disabled, possibly, a user's desktop became "C:\Windows\system32\confi
changes to the users desktop, with UAC on or off, changes the ....\userprofile\desktop
other user accounts on same aren't hosed
Also, a grep for values in user's app data folder starts a loop centered around "Application Data" which regens the folder chain outward until the path becomes too long and fails.
A starting point for research please?!?
On a laptop that must be shared, by the way.
Last weekend sometime, while Windows Vista with SP1 was working but UAC was disabled, possibly, a user's desktop became "C:\Windows\system32\confi
changes to the users desktop, with UAC on or off, changes the ....\userprofile\desktop
other user accounts on same aren't hosed
Also, a grep for values in user's app data folder starts a loop centered around "Application Data" which regens the folder chain outward until the path becomes too long and fails.
A starting point for research please?!?
On a laptop that must be shared, by the way.
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Actually, it was a good lead that revealed another situation which the solution to helped tons. That reference pointed to a reset of default locations for various account properties like "documents", "music",..etc. However, properties of those folders didn't reveal a "Locations" tab. A search here found the following which at least resolved major issue, get/keep users' data out of windows\system32\config\sy
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22394894/Location-Tab-Gone-in-Vista-Documents-Folder-Properties-Sheet.html
fixed part of the problem. Once the folder locations for the user's account were restored, a CD boot from a Vista Repair Disk allowed me to completely clean the systemproflie's sub-folders and regain some semblance of "normal". The default desktop and important stuff are repaired. More housekeeping and a coupla annoyances to repair still there.
The biggest relief was getting away from systemprofile which caused a lot of clock ticks, as it's checked by a lot of processes and accumulating garbage was slowing the beast.
I'll leave this open for a bit while I clean up everything, as I've seen a lotta stuff all over about similar problems and maybe nailing all the jelly to one tree will help them.
Good help, gamma
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22394894/Location-Tab-Gone-in-Vista-Documents-Folder-Properties-Sheet.html
fixed part of the problem. Once the folder locations for the user's account were restored, a CD boot from a Vista Repair Disk allowed me to completely clean the systemproflie's sub-folders and regain some semblance of "normal". The default desktop and important stuff are repaired. More housekeeping and a coupla annoyances to repair still there.
The biggest relief was getting away from systemprofile which caused a lot of clock ticks, as it's checked by a lot of processes and accumulating garbage was slowing the beast.
I'll leave this open for a bit while I clean up everything, as I've seen a lotta stuff all over about similar problems and maybe nailing all the jelly to one tree will help them.
Good help, gamma
thanks :)
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