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When I use Windows Explorer to look for Desktop icons in Vista Home Premium,

I can't find a Desktop folder in the C:/Users/Public folder, even though the

properties on the icon I'm looking for says that this is where it is located.

Is there some new twist from XP that I've missed that hides these files?


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"BRod" <BRod@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote:



The Desktop folder in \Users\Public is hidden by default.



How to see it in Windows Explorer: Tools>Folder Options>View tab>Show

hidden files and folders.



Charlie42



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Hi,



It should be C:\Users\Public\Desktop, but you may need to set folder options

to view hidden and system folders. Have you tried simply typing it into the

address bar?



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"BRod" <BRod@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

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I thought Desktop was at the top of the tree. On my Vista I see Desktop

and all the icons, then Computer and after that c:\ and the other drives. I

have my explorer set to classic view.





"BRod" <BRod@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

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I thought Desktop was at the top of the tree. On my Vista I see Desktop

and all the icons, then Computer and after that c:\ and the other drives. I

have my explorer set to classic view.





"BRod" <BRod@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

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You are not gonna find one because there is no such account as Public, the

Public directory is shared with multiple users who want to share files.

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"Robin" <greetings@html.com>wrote in message



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"Robin" <greetings@html.com>wrote in message



Right below "desktop" on my PC, is my user name folder, then public.



If you don't see it there...expand c: , then open users



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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:40:20 -0500, Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:



There's a C:\Users\Public folder, and it's a yellow one rather than

a blue one in Explorer so I guess it's real, not a system artifact.



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Chris Game



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we are sixteen." -- Albert Einstein

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Does any one know why an icon suddenly disappears? That happen on my

wife's desktop to the Firefox icon. Can't seem to get it back, even

though it works fine on my desktop (we share a computer). BTW, already

tried "change Icons" in the properties dialog box, no luck.





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Hi Robin,



The special properties of the Desktop folder allow it to be shown at the top

of the folder tree, but its actual location for each user is

C:\Users\<user>\desktop.



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"Robin" <greetings@html.com>wrote in message

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Thank you. Did my message post? I can't see it in Windows Mail for some

reason. Weird.



"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org>wrote in message

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Hi,



It did post, Robin. Hit ctrl+h to see only threads that you are involved in.



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"Robin" <greetings@html.com>wrote in message

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my last message posted but not the other 2. If I google it I can see them

on other websites. Lost in Space?



"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org>wrote in message

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Hi,



Cute...



No, likely you are just not downloading enough headers.



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"Robin" <greetings@html.com>wrote in message

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I think they all download automatically when I refresh? Sometimes I reply

to sender by mistake instead of replay to group but it wasn't the case this

time because I checked my sent folder.



"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org>wrote in message

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Hi Robin,



Since you're using Windows Mail, simply click tools/options and on the read

tab uncheck the line for "get xxx headers at a time". This will allow the

system to download all available messages.



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"Robin" <greetings@html.com>wrote in message

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Doesn't it tell me on the info bar at the bottom if I have headers not

downloaded? I've noticed if I have too many unread messages I have to

click catchup to download all?



"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org>wrote in message

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"Robin" <greetings@html.com>wrote in message

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The last icon to the right in the toolbar should be "Get Next Headers".

That will download any "undownloaded" headers.



"Catch Up" will mark your account as up to date with the server, so you will

lose any messages you had yet to download.



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Hi Robin,



Only if it has synchronized, and it's not always accurate. Using catch-up

just marks the downloaded ones as read and clears the synching queue.



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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

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"Robin" <greetings@html.com>wrote in message

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