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I'm facing a problem with windows xp (SP2)... since I don't store my data in default "My Pictures" and "My Music" folders, these thing start to get on my nerves... every time I open photoshop for example, I found new "My Pictures" folder in "My Documents", despite that I had it deleted before... same thing is with "My Music" and "My Ebooks" (created by acrobat reader)...

is there any way I can disable automatic recreation on these folders or even another way around it (and definitely not setting these folders' attributes to hidden?..

thanks in advance...

I'm not sure whether or not you can delete them without them being re-made, but I CAN suggest you put shortcuts in these folders to the folders you ARE using.

The alternative is to download TweakUI for Windows XP from the Microsoft site. That allows you to relocate your special folders.

Using it means I have the following:
'My Documents' is actually E:\.
'My Music' is actually G:\Music.
'My Pictures' is actually G:\Pix.
And so on.

registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

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works excellent, thanks...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

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I would imagine that's what TweakUI changes...

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Originally posted by raceprouk

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

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I would imagine that's what TweakUI changes...

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yes, but TweakUI didn't have 'my music' or 'my videos' listed somehow...

Mine does.
Maybe the registry entries themselves went missing...

You should have it...

Ya Tweak Ui Is Good But It Only Works For Win Xp Sp1 And Higher Which Most Of Us Have Still You May Wanna Use A Method To Edit The Registry So That You Can Change The Default Folder That Opens But Your Default My Douments Will Be The Same.
I'm Not Yet Sure 'Bout Which Registry It Is But I'll Find Out And Post It Here. I Think This Method Is Better. You May Wanna Search For Such A Registry At Google.