Move My Music to Shared Music problem.

Discussion in 'Software' started by MTBgod, Jan 12, 2005.

  1. MTBgod

    MTBgod Private E-2

    I am having a problem moving My Music to Shared Music. I have 5 users on my XP Pro computer at home. We would all like to share our music (and pictures). I tried dragging my "My Music" folder to my "Shared Documents" folder and it did something wierd. Now when I go to "Shared Documents" it shows "Joe's Music" instead of "Shared Music". Is there a way to change it so it says "Shared Music" again?

    Thanks for your help.

    Joe
     
  2. MTBgod

    MTBgod Private E-2

    OK, well, I thought I'd answer my own question in case anyone out there had the same problem. And, I wanted to keep any of you from going through the effort if I had already fixed it.

    To rename the Shared Music back to the original name instead of "Joe's Music" I edited the Desktop.ini file. It is a hidden, system file, so be sure to check your setting before you go hunting. Edit the Destop.ini located within the folder you want to effect. Now keep in mind I kind of mudded my way through this one, so you will have to do most of the work. I compared a correct Desktop.ini for a folder that was working and then changed the Desktop.ini file to match. Then I had to monkey with the reference number until I got it to state the correct folder name. All in all not to tough.

    As for my other problem of losing and references to "My Music" in my profile, I just created a new profile (user) and copied my data over.

    Anyway, I hope this helps someone else out there.

    Joe
     

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