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My Start/Music folder is dead. Something I did in reassigning drive letters

(I think) caused this tho the older folders are fine. Music is empty and

right clicking only gives me a Copy, Rename & Properties choice which do

nothing.

I've also tried working with the desktop.ini but not knowing what the hell

I'm doing decided to forget it. What can be done to restore it back to

where it was?

Thanks


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in properties there should be an option to specifie were you want your music

to be



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"Paul" <pcostanza@cox.net>wrote in message

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That's just it. Nothing in Music works. Properties gives me a 'General' tab

only with no Advanced tab or any way to change anything like in Documents,

Pictures etc.



"jonathan perreault" <jonperreault@verizon.net>wrote in message

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Hi Paul--



I'm guessing, because I'm not sure that you mean you can't play music in any

Player, and that when you open the Music folder you don't find your tunes.

I wonder if you've tried to System Restore, or repair it in any way you have

options to because you don't say. I see no real connection or help for you

by futzing around with the desktop.ini folder at all.



Here's what I'd try:



SR if you have appropriate restore points--as many points as you have prior

to this

SFC



If you have a Vista DVD (you don't say):





Startup Repair

Repair Install



Here's How:



***SFC as a Remedy***:



SFC or System File Checker is a bit like the spare tire in your car or a

backup battery I suppose. In Vista of course, they have changed it somewhat

and come up with a new name--Redmond stands for name it something different

twice a year and now it's part of WRP or Windows Resource Protection. It

scans protected resources including thousands of files, libraries, critical

folders, and essential registry keys, and it replaces those that are

corrupted with intact ones. It fixes a lot of problems in Windows XP, OE,

Windows Vista, Win Mail, IE6, and on Vista or if it is installed on XP, IE7.

It protects these things from changes by any source including

administrators, by keeping a spare of most of them.





How to Run SFC:



Type "cmd" into the Search box above the Start Button>and when cmd comes up

at the top of the Start menu>right click cmd and click "run as Admin" and

when the cmd prompt comes up at the cmd prompt type "sfc /scannow" no quotes

and let it run. This may fix things quite a bit. It replaces corrupt files

with intact ones, if you're not familiar with it.



***Startup Repair from the Vista DVD***



How to Use The Vista DVD to Repair Vista (Startup Repair is misnamed by the

Win RE team and it can be used to fix many Vista components even when you

***can boot to Vista):



www.windowsvista.windowsreinstall.com/vistaultimate/repairstartup/index.htm" >www.windowsvista.windowsreinstall.com/vistaultimate/repairstartup/index.htm



If you elect to run Startup repair from the Vista DVD (it can fix major

components in Vista--I've verified this many many times; it's good for more

than startup problems, and the Win RE team simply screwed up when they named

it not understanding its full functionality):



Startup Repair will look like this when you put in the Vista DVD:



www.vistaclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/click-repair-your-computer.png" >www.vistaclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/click-repair-your-computer.png



You run the startup repair tool this way (and system restore from here is

also sometimes effective):



support.microsoft.com/kb/925810/en-us" >support.microsoft.com/kb/925810/en-us



How To Run Startup Repair In Vista Ultimate (Multiple Screenshots)

www.windowsvista.windowsreinstall.com/vistaultimate/repairstartup/index.htm" >www.windowsvista.windowsreinstall.com/vistaultimate/repairstartup/index.htm



It will automatically take you to this on your screen:



www.vistaclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/click-repair-your-computer.png" >www.vistaclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/click-repair-your-computer.png



That will allow you to go to the Vista setup that has a Repair link on

thelower left corner>click it and then you'll see a gray backgrounded list

and I want you to click Startup Repair from it and follow the directions.



The gray screen after you click the first link in the above pic will look

like this:



www.windowsreinstall.com/winvista/images/repair/staruprepair/Image17.gif" >www.windowsreinstall.com/winvista/images/repair/staruprepair/Image17.gif



Click Startup Repair, the link at the top and after it scans>click OK and

let it try to repair Vista. It will tell you if it does, and if it

doesn't, try System Restore from the Recovery Link on the DVD. If these

don't work booting into Safe Mode by tapping the F8 key and using System

Restore from one of the safe modes besides VGA may work. That means you

have the option to try 4 different safe modes to get to system restore, (one

from the Recovery link on the DVD) and sometimes one will work when the

others won't.





You could also try a Repair Install with Vista which is done exactly the

same way as in XP:



***Repair Install Steps*** (can be used for Vista) MVP Doug Knox

www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx" >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx





Good luck,



CH







"Paul" <pcostanza@cox.net>wrote in message

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Well I figured out how to fix it after spending too much time on something

that's really not that important.

I created a new user, set Vista to allow viewing of hidden files and copied

the desktop.ini from the new user/music folder into my music folder.

Rebooted and it was back to default. Then I just moved the location of

where my music folder is (another drive/partition).

Thanks for all the help.





"Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net>wrote in message

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Nice going. Thanks for the followup Paul.



CH



"Paul" <pcostanza@cox.net>wrote in message

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