Why do I have three My Documents folders?
- by root45
I'm trying to fix my profile on Windows 7. Currently
%USERPROFILE% points to C:\Users\myUsername
My Documents is also at C:\Users\myUsername
\\profileServer\profiles$\myUsername has TWO "My Documents" folders
Neither of these folders contain what's in C:\Users\myUsername\My Documents
Navigating to %USERPROFILE% in Windows Explorer displays two copies of everything, one local and one copy from the server.
Programs use sort of a toss up between C:\Users\myUsername\My Documents or one of the two My Documents on profileServer.
According to our sysadmins, My Documents is supposed to point to the profile server, but other folders should be local.
How can I fix this so I have ONE copy of everything, with My Documents pointing to \\profileServer\profiles$\myUsername\Documents and everything else local?
To be honest, I don't understand why this is so difficult and confusing. For example, why does Windows allow displaying two folders with the same name in the same directory?
And why does inputting C:\Users\myUsername and %USERPROFILE% into Windows Explorer produce two different results? They should be identical.
Some screenshots
My directory on the profileServer
My local user directory, C:\Users\myUsername
Navigating to %USERPROFILE% in Windows Explorer
Showing that %USERPROFILE% is set to a local directory