Office 2003 renames "My Documents" to username's Documents, why?

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

I'm afraid I don't know why your exclusion isn't working.

The "show folder owner's name" feature is introduced by Windows. The hidden
"Desktop.ini" file in the user's "My Documents" folder contains an Owner=
key which sets the display name.

So, if you make the line:

Owner=Pickles

And you then look at the parent folder in Explorer, you'll see a folder
named "Pickles's documents". Sorta silly.

See
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q321/2/81.asp&NoWebContent=1
for more info on this feature.

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Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

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[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

I'm afraid I don't know why your exclusion isn't working.

The "show folder owner's name" feature is introduced by Windows. The hidden
"Desktop.ini" file in the user's "My Documents" folder contains an Owner=
key which sets the display name.

So, if you make the line:

Owner=Pickles

And you then look at the parent folder in Explorer, you'll see a folder
named "Pickles's documents". Sorta silly.

See
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q321/2/81.asp&NoWebContent=1
for more info on this feature.

--
Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Terry]

Thanks for that info, I was tearing my hair out (and I ain't got much left)
trying to find to MS info in knowledgebase. I am coming to the conclusion
that maybe we might have some corrupt profiles, although it seems unusual
that all of 1 dept have the same problem, they are the only ones thus far on
XP and Office 2003.

At least I can cross off one problem.

Cheers, Terry...

 

[Terry]

Thanks for that info, I was tearing my hair out (and I ain't got much left)
trying to find to MS info in knowledgebase. I am coming to the conclusion
that maybe we might have some corrupt profiles, although it seems unusual
that all of 1 dept have the same problem, they are the only ones thus far on
XP and Office 2003.

At least I can cross off one problem.

Cheers, Terry...

 

[Terry]

Thanks for that info, I was tearing my hair out (and I ain't got much left)
trying to find to MS info in knowledgebase. I am coming to the conclusion
that maybe we might have some corrupt profiles, although it seems unusual
that all of 1 dept have the same problem, they are the only ones thus far on
XP and Office 2003.

At least I can cross off one problem.

Cheers, Terry...

 

[Terry]

Thanks for that info, I was tearing my hair out (and I ain't got much left)
trying to find to MS info in knowledgebase. I am coming to the conclusion
that maybe we might have some corrupt profiles, although it seems unusual
that all of 1 dept have the same problem, they are the only ones thus far on
XP and Office 2003.

At least I can cross off one problem.

Cheers, Terry...

 

[Terry]

Thanks for that info, I was tearing my hair out (and I ain't got much left)
trying to find to MS info in knowledgebase. I am coming to the conclusion
that maybe we might have some corrupt profiles, although it seems unusual
that all of 1 dept have the same problem, they are the only ones thus far on
XP and Office 2003.

At least I can cross off one problem.

Cheers, Terry...

 

[Terry]

Thanks for that info, I was tearing my hair out (and I ain't got much left)
trying to find to MS info in knowledgebase. I am coming to the conclusion
that maybe we might have some corrupt profiles, although it seems unusual
that all of 1 dept have the same problem, they are the only ones thus far on
XP and Office 2003.

At least I can cross off one problem.

Cheers, Terry...

 

[Terry]

Thanks for that info, I was tearing my hair out (and I ain't got much left)
trying to find to MS info in knowledgebase. I am coming to the conclusion
that maybe we might have some corrupt profiles, although it seems unusual
that all of 1 dept have the same problem, they are the only ones thus far on
XP and Office 2003.

At least I can cross off one problem.

Cheers, Terry...